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Old 10-09-14 | 01:14 PM
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Moving Offices, Halving Commute

Looks like I'm getting a new office, but it'll be half the distance from home. My current location has a 10 mile ride home through bucolic splendor.

I think I need to find a less direct route to keep the chops up.
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Old 10-09-14 | 01:20 PM
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I thought somehow you were going to somehow do the commute only one way, thus halving the commute.
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Old 10-09-14 | 07:17 PM
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I think I need to find a less direct route to keep the chops up.
That works for me. Takes me nearly 17 miles to make it the 4.5 miles to work.

Strangely, it takes only 13 to get home.
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Direct routes are boring anyways.
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That works for me. Takes me nearly 17 miles to make it the 4.5 miles to work.

Strangely, it takes only 13 to get home.
Is it uphill both ways?
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Is it uphill both ways?
You know? It must be. My cyclometer records total climb both ways.
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Sorry to hear that. Good luck on finding a longer route.
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