lol. You are right. That does not make much sense. I think I left out a crucial detail. The time I gained by living closer to work I have put into my working hours. Having a ride on top of that is hard for me. Huge kudos to those guys and gals who can get up at 4am to get a ride in. Personally, I manage to get one in by getting up at 5am about once every 2 weeks. I do think that my daily responsibilities are getting on top of me a bit, and I do not sleep well. Because of those things early morning rides are hard for me right now. But I hope it will get better in the future. Possibly in some other job where I am not constantly as flustered, worried and exhausted. I find it incredibly hard to plan a ride when in my mind, I am worrying about stuff that needs to be done. Most of the time I just want to get to work asap.

None of the places I've commuted to have had showers.

Use baby wipes ... or paper towels and water.


Oh wait, I think I said that just a few posts ago.

I work 6am-6:30pm M-F. I usually dont have time to ride at night, so I substitute with a couple of spin classes...usually on monday and wednesday. Then I'll do a shorter quicker ride on saturday and longer slower ride on sunday.

I go to work at 6am have to leave home by 5:30. work 11 or 12 hours a day. I work in attics and on construction sites 90 plus temp during the summer. No chance to ride after work to drained. I do ride Tuesday through Thursday 3am to 5:15 hard 40 to 50 miles a morning. I am lucky that I do not work weekends though. I ride early Saturday 60-120 miles depending and 50 miles before church on Sundays. Had to develop this schedule mainly due to wanting to spend time with my wife and kids so I ride while they sleep. I would commute but I have to drive home a company work truck. this is what works for me of course I naturally only sleep 5 hours a day.

Why would anyone work those kind of hours? There are lots of jobs where you can work from home and still make great money. Life is way too short to waste it spending that much time working.

I've done it for short periods of time (about 18 months roughly 10 years ago, and then shorter stints of 3 or 4 months now and then), but I certainly wouldn't want to do it for longer than that!!

Getting a part-time job for a few months during the pre-Christmas shopping rush, for example, can be a good way to save some extra money so you can go on a long cycling trip somewhere. :)