27 miles one way.

I drove the day before, just sitting in stop & go traffic on two lane roads. I thought: “I can probably bike this faster…”

Sure enough, I rode the next day, passing all those cars on the shoulder.

However, I hadn’t ridden a bike in awhile, so I was exhausted for most of the workday afterwards. I had a job where I was on my feet all day. That night, by the time I got home, I was ready for bed.

I never did it again. I did a multi-modal commute after that: 1.5 miles on the home side, and 0.75 miles on the work side. There was a regional train that was convenient. At one point, I decided to leave a bike on the work end, It was a cool three-speed Gary Fisher city bike. It got stolen the first weekend, as I was using a heavy cable and padlock.

After that, I either walked (nice weather) or took a shuttle bus (bad weather) on the work end.

I also had a few weeks where I strapped my longboard to my bike’s rack, and skateboarded the 3/4 mile on the work end.

I eventually quit that job in 2019. After that, I bought a house 2 miles from my current job. Very convenient, but too close for a proper workout using the commute.