COMMUTER CHALLENGE

Understandably, everyone isn't the same, so the idea is to set your own goal depending on what you think you can do realistically but will be a challenge.

Sure! Hey, I lived in DC for awhile and did the same thing. The bike lockers at metro stations were awesome!

No problem. This is a personal challenge really. So go for it!!

Gee, I'm about the same distance to work too, but never thought of a run commute. Sure, it should count. It's one less car on the road.

I better get cracking!! I'll make a list of goals and people in the challenge later.

I'm in and am going to set my goal conservatively at 50. I've been swimming masters this year and love it. My plan is to ride to masters, then to work but I need to see how it goes a few times first. If it's ok (I'll probably have to leave at 5:45), I'll up the goal.

My commute is about 35 miles round trip and this will be my 3'rd year commuting (albeit a little late this year) and I save about $5-$6 per day I ride. Ironically, I started one month before gas prices went sky high.

I had planned on starting (again) this Wed.

Wow - my 22 seems so low a number.  Are we counting each way - i.e. To Work = 1, From Work = 1.  Or To and From Work = 1.  I figured it was the latter (i.e. I'll bike commute 22 days this year).

I'd love to be in on this too. I don't commute to work, I do construction and it is alittle diffacult to carry stuff on my bike. But I have been riding to the gym and store and things like that to conserve on gas and pollution. So I think that I would be in for 100 trips.

Chris

I'm in for 50 this summer when I don't have to drop kids off @ school.  I'd planned on doing this as a part of my training for Nov IM. I built up this commuter bike from an old steel roadie as a winter project so I could haul all my run, swim and work stuff.

I don't think it really matters, as long as you tally them up as you've planned. I think you number "seems" low because it's over 4 months, whereas I'm planning commuting from now until Daylight Saving Time ends (6 1/2 months).

I rode in today, for my 1'st.

I've also done some fuzzy math and have set my goal to be 60

Isn't this challenge from May 1st to Sept. 1st?   Maybe I read it wrong - please confirm if there is a start and end date to this challenge or if it's all of 2008.

I interpreted it as all of '08, but I'm game for any time range (just need to adjust goal if not all '08).