I see you live only a few miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul and not too far from the RR tracks. Commute routes near tracks tend to be flatter than some other routes. Maybe the Rail Roads are hiring. I know there is a lot of freight traffic in the area, especially east of the river. Hey, commute on one of those hand-cars or a rail bike
. In bad weather could you use those passages that connect large parts of the downtown areas? I have heard of bike races being held in them.