Summer Bike-To-Work Challenge II (Page 8)

Comet the dog - I have to keep a list or I loose track.

Anyway I was standing in the shower this morning thinking that the house painters are there, and I ought to come home at lunch and check on them, and I raced on Saturday, and I ought to rest, and,..   and,..  and ....   Then I thought about all of you guys, and so I rode in this morning.  Thanks.  -- This is week 3 for me.  Soon it will be a habit.

Only one "commute" this week, taking my son to cub scouts.  It was a short ride, but I had the resistance training device (aka tag-a-long) hooked on, so I'm counting it.

  name         goal  progress

bopper        50     11
camy          48      8
comet the dog 40     18
edeller       50
Episcopit     45     14
jashac        50     10
jcjsc00       50     27
jellogal      50
looper        50      3
love2run       ?      2
Offthegrid    40      2
sunnys        50     17
tc681         40      2
tim_edwards   50      6
tjtryon       24      7
tkbslc        50      3
willgetfit    50     12.5

I biked 3 of 3 days last week. Sunday was suppose to be a rest day, but I slept in too late to catch the bus, so I rode to work.

One of my co-workers tried my commute route on her day off. She decided I needed to move to the other side of work since it's uphill all the way from the District to base.  I think it's better this way. It's easier and more fun going home - as it should be.

I don't want to divert the thread, so if it's inappropriate please say so.  Here goes:

I'm starving.  When you bike to work do you eat extra?  Do you eat at work, and what do you eat at work?  just looking for ideas.  Thanks

I normally eat something before I go to work - smoothie or leftovers depending on what I feel like. For work, I pack: 2 sandwiches, one PB&J, one turkey; 4-5 assorted fruits including at least 2 bananas; one can of soup; granola bar or trail mix; yogurt; instant oatmeal, grits, or cream of wheat; applesauce. I eat one sandwich and one banana before I start work. The rest of the stuff gets eaten as I feel like it. The soup and instant cereals usually stay around for a while, but I like having them so the easiest thing isn't the moral fund candy bars in the break room. If I'm working nights, I then go to the cafeteria and eat breakfast before I bike home.

I can't really say it now with my commute only being a mile, but back when it was 16 miles, I was always hungry during the day.  I figured I never really saved any "fuel" money when I was commuting, instead of putting gas in the car, I ended up spending the money on putting food in my belly.  It does get better as your body acclimates to the regular exertion.  And you do develop some feeding habits as folks above mentioned. 

Keep it going everyone! 

Update:

  name         goal  progress

bopper        50     11
camy          48      8
comet the dog 40     20
edeller       50
Episcopit     45     17
jashac        50     10
jcjsc00       50     27
jellogal      50
looper        50      8
love2run       ?      2
Offthegrid    40      2
sunnys        50     17
tc681         40      2
tim_edwards   50      6
tjtryon       24      7
tkbslc        50      3
willgetfit    50     16.5

Don't know where all of you live, but June is "Denver Bike Month" and June 27 is Bike to Work Day, might be a good day for everyone to get a commuter day on the calendar. 

Vacation is over - back to work. My next assignment will involve a little bit of travel this summer - not too much, but enough to put my goal of 50 rides out of reach.  I'll keep riding and logging anyway.

Bopper, I have inherited your bad luck with flats. We blew a tire driving to Atlanta last week. This morning on the way to work, my rear tire went flat. Luckily, it was a slow leak. I re-inflated and made it to work, then changed the tire at lunchtime. 

  name         goal  progress

bopper        50     11
camy          48      8
comet the dog 40     20
edeller       50
Episcopit     45     17
jashac        50     10
jcjsc00       50     27
jellogal      50
looper        50      8
love2run       ?      2
Offthegrid    40      2
sunnys        50     17
tc681         40      2
tim_edwards   50      6
tjtryon       24      7
tkbslc        50      3
willgetfit    50     16.5