Saturday morning, I have to be someplace almost exactly 10 miles away from home by 7am. And I NEED to be there at 7am.

I keep thinking that I should ride there. What I'm wearing and sweat/dirt are not an issue, so there won't be a problem if I show up in sweaty riding clothes with "helmet head" (not that I have much hair anyway).

HOWEVER -- it's all hills (ups and downs) between here and there -- with at least three climbs that will require me to use granny gear over 1 mile stretches. Knowing my ability (or lack thereof) on hills, I can't expect anything better than about 9mph average on this route.

That means leaving my house at 5:45am. Really 5:30am to play it safe. 5:30am is dark here (sky just starting to lighten, but no real light on the streets), and I'll be in the dark for about 15-20 minutes (if this morning is any measure). I have a fairly decent headlight, but no experience riding in the dark.

It's all roads I've ridden. They're in decent shape but not superb. They're mostly low traffic density suburban roads, with one higher density road (but probably not a lot of traffic at that hour).

Anybody want to try to talk me into going ahead with riding it? Or try to talk me out of it?

By the way, I ride a Trek Pilot 1.2 road bike. With clipless pedals. Yada yada yada. I'm slow, what can I tell you.