a good ride

I've spent way too much space bellyaching about how hard the bike commute is... This morning, the commute in was beautiful. It felt good. I was out early enough that I didn't have a lot of traffic to contend with, and while it wasn't effortless or anywhere near it, it felt doable. Achievable.

Maybe that's the brilliance of the bike commute challenge -- it's taken 12 days of commuting for me to actually feel comfortable. My sense of competition has kept me coming back. This morning I thought in terms of myself as a bike commuter, as in, I need rain gear so I can continue biking in.

The ride back home is getting better too. I rode more hills and walked less.