Thursday, December 18, 2008

New way to commute...

Oy oy.

Doc says I need to spend a little time off the bike. I kinda agree with her. I need a break.

Today I started running part way to work and then taking Metro the rest of the way. The run is a hair under 5 miles. That is a dang brutal way to get to work. I have a lot of respect for the guys that I see every day running to work.

Talk to y'all soon.

Pete

2 comments:

fatbob29r said...

Pete,

Running to work? You're a nut!

Your Name Here said...

I know.. "Say it isn't so Joe". I'm into this whole human powered vehicle thing. And nothing is more "rubber hits the road" than running. I used to be into it a lot more than I have been the last few years, but it actually feels good to put some miles in.

The jump that I did this week was seriously a big one... may be too big. I went from 12-15 miles per week to 9.7 miles per day. After 2.5 days I feel someone has replaced my leg muscles with bricks. That will ease up with time though.

Hopefully by the time I get back to work next year I'll be back on the bike. Don't know if that will be for sure though.

Calorie burn is actually more with running to work than it was with the commuting I did. These days, that is not a bad thing.

Later FB. Hope all is well with you. I'll hunt you down and find out for sure.

happy Holidays.

pete