Biking to Work: Week 9, Day .5

Yes, that's a point five. I planned on riding in this morning (on vacation Monday and Tuesday) but my one of my #*R%^ neighbors decided Tuesday was a good night to have a party and it kept me awake... I think I finally dozed off about 12:30 but then woke up again about 2:30. Decided then that I wasn't riding in. But not to fret, dear friends, I sent a note to Jane (yes, at 2:30 in the morning) to go without me but to let her know that I'd still be riding home.

So, I got up at 6:30, loaded the bike in the car, and headed for work (yes, I showered, ate breakfast, all the normal getting ready for work stuff, too). Well, I managed to forget my water bottles so at lunch I drove to REI and bought a couple. And you know what? I'm a lot more rested when I don't ride in in the morning and do ride home in the evening... Amazing, hunh?

So the ride was good - we took our time, chatted, and I got home in about the same amount of time as always. But, since the GPS couldn't pick up any satellite communication, I have no idea what my numbers were. (I tried a couple of times to establish communication, too, so I don't know what was up but, apparently, it wasn't the satellites.)

And now you know why it was only a point five - having ridden only one of the legs. I'll take the motorcycle in tomorrow and then ride the bicycle in on Friday morning; another trip to Columbia Friday afternoon will be in the car with a bicycle in the back (assuming they don't tow it out of the garage over the next 36 hours).