Hit my milestone today!

[CCrew]

When I rolled into the office at 3:45 am, I’m at 13,008 cycling commuting miles for 2011. Most I’ve done in a year given 4 years of bike commuting.

I feel old and tired :p

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[pfunkallstar]

Respect for the mileage DOUBLE RESPECT for the absolutely incredible notion of getting to work at 3:45am. That is insane. My admiration can be best expressed in video form: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqYgAX6D43Q

[CCrew]

@KLizotte 11945 wrote:

Whoa. I only *drive* about 2,500-3,000 miles a year.

I’m flabbergasted that you:

1) Get to work at 3:45 am. Note: I don’t usually go to bed till 1:00 am.
2) Bike to work and still manage to arrive at 3:45.
3) Ride daily distances that I only see on the *weekends* during the warm weather months.

You should figure out how many incremental calories you’ve burned (that is, above what you would have burned taking metro or driving in).

Can you eat whatever the heck you want, all the time?!

I eat like a horse, and I’ve lost 50lbs in 4 years. I’m also type 2 diabetic, and given the riding I don’t have to take meds although I do have to closely watch it still.

I wish I only drove 2-3 k a year! Typical Day:
Up at 12:15, shower, dress, load bike on car.
Leave house 1:00 am. Stop at 7-11 for coffee
Drive 55 miles from house to Reston Park & Ride (Sunset Hills) arrive 2:00-2:15am
Bike from Reston to Downtown. Arrive work usually 3:30-3:45am (22 miles)
Leave work 2:00’ish if possible, Ride back to Reston. Arrive 3:30’ish
Bike on car, 55 miles home. Arrive by 5 at latest usually. Dinner, spend time awake, in bed 8’ish but usually later

Lather, rinse and repeat

To give you an idea, my 2007 car now has 150k miles on it

[KLizotte]

But that means you are only getting four hours of sleep a night! 😮

You would surely have no problem doing the Ride Across America (where participants must cross the continent in 12 days or less).

I’m quite sure I wouldn’t last a week doing your commute. And to think you are doing it in the winter and through the gnats of summer. And yet you still manage to write lucid emails.

Yup, you’ve got super powers. Only way to explain it.

[5555624]

@KLizotte 11945 wrote:

1) Get to work at 3:45 am. Note: I don’t usually go to bed till 1:00 am.
2) Bike to work and still manage to arrive at 3:45.

As someone else who normally gets to work no later than 3:45 am, I’ll toss in that it’s usually a very quiet and peaceful ride. (Except for yesterday, when someone was burning down southwest D.C.)

[CCrew]

@5555624 11965 wrote:

As someone else who normally gets to work no later than 3:45 am, I’ll toss in that it’s usually a very quiet and peaceful ride. (Except for yesterday, when someone was burning down southwest D.C.)

Agreed. I can’t think of too many other times you can pretty much ride down the middle of M Street in Georgetown and not see a car.

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