My commute to work when I bike gives me two choices: - Ride the whole way, which is 15.5 miles and I am now doing in about 1:15, all flat, 70/30 pavement/trail. - Take the train with the bike, which results in about 8 miles of riding at both ends of the train.
For both options I need to account for the same amount of time door to door, factoring for getting to the train station early, etc. I'm trying to do this 3+ times per week as my travel or other commitments allow, but I have found the following: - I love doing the 15.5 mile ride in the morning when it's cool in the summer and dark in the winter and I can see the sunrise. I get to work invigorated and happy. - I have started also doing the whole ride back in the afternoon, just because when I get on the bike I feel like doing it and in spite of having to do the ride with a pretty strong headwind which adds to the challenge. Otherwise, the routine is to take the train in the afternoon. Having done the whole ride in the morning or taken the train with the shorter ride, means that no matter how tired I may feel at the end of the day, mentally or physically, I have to get on the bike again, and Ryan stated, after a short while I feel invigorated by it. On the days when I decide to drive to work and say I will go ride in the evening after I get home, there is an 80/20 chance I won't do it. I'll be too tired, it's hot, and whatever other excuses apply. I hate gyms as well. So this advice of just doing a short ride if that's all you can do, is simple and easy to follow and will often lead to a spontaneous lengthening of the ride if your time allows it. All good! René On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Ryan Fleming <ryanmalloryflem...@gmail.com > wrote: > Grant's advice is good as usual...my commute to work is about 5-6 km in > the morning, which with stop lights and signs takes about 20 minutes and > about 9-10 km home for about 35 minutes or so. I'll bail if it's an > apocalyptic thunderstorm which can happen in July, but it's great. I work > in IT as a software developer and while I'm not doing brain surgery, it > can be stressful, so the ride (or walk home in winter) is a nice way to > unwind. Sometimes after a tough day, I feel like I can barely drag my ass > home, but amazingly, after 10 minutes or so, I get into it...funny how that > works. Sure beats the gym, but I've never been a gym person at the best of > times > > On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 11:32:00 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> I must take this to heart. I suffer from depression and very often the >> thought of a "real" ride is offputting. OTOH, sometimes just a bit of >> activity out the door can snap me out of it. >> >> +1 for good advice. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 8:09 PM, 'Chris Lampe 2' via RBW Owners Bunch < >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> Now that I don't live within riding distance of the local 10 mile bike >>> path, 100% of my rides fall into the 10-30 minute category. Fits perfectly >>> within the Rivendell philosophy of just hopping on and riding. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 5:55:25 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote: >>>> >>>> Grant mentioned this to me a few weeks ago and I thought I'd pass it >>>> along: "A 10 to 30 minute ride is always a good idea." I really appreciated >>>> this because - although I'm not trying to bust out metric centuries anymore >>>> - I still have a tendency to think short rides don't count as a "real >>>> ride." Of course that's silly, but apparently I needed to be reminded. >>>> Today I had exactly 30 minutes available before work started, so I grabbed >>>> my Bobbin mini velo (Choco-Moose bars) and hit the road. It was fabulous. >>>> >>>> He also said, "You should never do a ride you wouldn't want to do every >>>> day. Well maybe 4 times a year, 5 tops." I love that. >>>> >>>> Joe "just (a short) ride" Bernard >>>> Vallejo, CA. >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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