sigh... I used to post here daily, but I switched jobs and my awesome, high-speed 5-mile berzerker commute through the middle of rush hour DC, has transitioned to a 2 1/2 mile sprint, which avoids all of the city traffic fun. It's so depressing. I know, I could still do the old commute, but I'm such an A-to-B guy and in the morning, I always want to spend as much time at home as possible, so I always end up dashing to work at the last minute. And at night, I'm heading straight home after work. The curse of many working fathers is that you get about an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening with your kids, and that's it. Fortunately, kids go to bed, so once 9:00 pm rolls around, I'm back out there doing laps at Haines Point.

But I sure do miss my old commute. On the plus side, I no longer have to pay for a gym to shower, because A) new job has showers, and B) I don't get all that sweaty from a ride that takes less than 10 minutes.

The good news is that we might be moving to Silver Spring in a year or two, which would be a quite excellent 24-mile RT commute. I could get behind that in a hot minute.