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azziriaSo, part of the plan for 2012 is to cycle to work sometimes (note that I am not committing myself to any set number of days per week just yet!).
Some background: I've done a lot of cycling on and off over the years. I have a good bike, a hand-built tourer bought to cycle from London to Paris the year after DD was born (I did the ride when DD was 11 months old). Recently they've converted the disused railway line that runs from my village to the town where I work into a guided busway, and next to it runs a cycle path. They've just finished tarmacking the cycle path along its whole length, and so that excuse for *not* cycling has now disappeared.
It's 10 miles to work along the cycle path, and so long as I choose days when the wind isn't too strong from the direction of work (I don't mind struggling home into the wind, but I really don't want to get to work too tired!) it's do-able.
The only thing that's been stopping me (well, apart from an unhealthy dose of sloth...) is that it's dark when I leave work. However, D bought me a set of very bright cycle lights for my birthday, and tonight we went out along the cycle path to try them out - very successful.
7.7 km (4.7 miles) this evening. It's a start :)
Some background: I've done a lot of cycling on and off over the years. I have a good bike, a hand-built tourer bought to cycle from London to Paris the year after DD was born (I did the ride when DD was 11 months old). Recently they've converted the disused railway line that runs from my village to the town where I work into a guided busway, and next to it runs a cycle path. They've just finished tarmacking the cycle path along its whole length, and so that excuse for *not* cycling has now disappeared.
It's 10 miles to work along the cycle path, and so long as I choose days when the wind isn't too strong from the direction of work (I don't mind struggling home into the wind, but I really don't want to get to work too tired!) it's do-able.
The only thing that's been stopping me (well, apart from an unhealthy dose of sloth...) is that it's dark when I leave work. However, D bought me a set of very bright cycle lights for my birthday, and tonight we went out along the cycle path to try them out - very successful.
7.7 km (4.7 miles) this evening. It's a start :)
