My Morning Commute

[Subby]

@vvill 83310 wrote:

I made a new segment for the Westmoreland commuters among us!

Awesome! That leaderboard confirms that I definitely hit that hill first thing in the morning.

[vvill]

@Subby 83313 wrote:

Awesome! That leaderboard confirms that I definitely hit that hill first thing in the morning.

Same here! My time this morning was 30s faster than my next fastest, I’m never warmed up by then. And it’s really just for fun – there’s often too much going on around there (aka CARS) for a proper sprint.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@vvill 83310 wrote:

I made a new segment for the Westmoreland commuters among us!

I’m taking my Cervelo tomorrow just so I can jump into the top 10.

[Greenbelt]

Ok, this was last night’s evening commute

[Rockford10]

… would have been better with the full-fingered gloves I left at home.

[Subby]

This morning was absolutely beautiful. I think leaving a few hours later than normal might have helped with the temp.

Going in this morning I saw that they are finally building stairs down from the CCT bridge to the towpath. Will definitely be nice to have if you want to get on the towpath going west but don’t want to deal with the Fletcher’s congestion.

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[JimK]

Good news regarding the stop signs on the Haines Point Loop: This morning, I saw a pack of DC police riding bikes at Haines. Three times, when I approached a stop sign, there were ten to fifteen police in front of me. In each case, none of them stopped at the stop signs, no one really even slowed down. Based on the law of large numbers it seems clear that the stop signs are irrelevant and we can all safely ignore them.

[mstone]

@JimK 83380 wrote:

Good news regarding the stop signs on the Haines Point Loop: This morning, I saw a pack of DC police riding bikes at Haines. Three times, when I approached a stop sign, there were ten to fifteen police in front of me. In each case, none of them stopped at the stop signs, no one really even slowed down. Based on the law of large numbers it seems clear that the stop signs are irrelevant and we can all safely ignore them.

ITYM the “80% rule”. What would be funny is if NPS ticketed the whole pack.

[dasgeh]

@JimK 83380 wrote:

Good news regarding the stop signs on the Haines Point Loop: This morning, I saw a pack of DC police riding bikes at Haines. Three times, when I approached a stop sign, there were ten to fifteen police in front of me. In each case, none of them stopped at the stop signs, no one really even slowed down. Based on the law of large numbers it seems clear that the stop signs are irrelevant and we can all safely ignore them.

Too bad it’s NPP that enforce those stop signs…

But it would be great to get that on video.

[KLizotte]

@JimK 83380 wrote:

Good news regarding the stop signs on the Haines Point Loop: This morning, I saw a pack of DC police riding bikes at Haines. Three times, when I approached a stop sign, there were ten to fifteen police in front of me. In each case, none of them stopped at the stop signs, no one really even slowed down. Based on the law of large numbers it seems clear that the stop signs are irrelevant and we can all safely ignore them.

It’s a shame you weren’t able to record them on video. That would have gone viral for sure.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Subby 83379 wrote:

This morning was absolutely beautiful. I think leaving a few hours later than normal might have helped with the temp.

Going in this morning I saw that they are finally building stairs down from the CCT bridge to the towpath. Will definitely be nice to have if you want to get on the towpath going west but don’t want to deal with the Fletcher’s congestion.

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OMG that’s awesome. Could’ve used that two years ago when it was part of my normal commute route.

[kcb203]

Every morning when I commute on the Custis, I see the same guy out for his morning walk at 8:15 or so from Courthouse to Ballston and back. He’s probably in his 60s with a short beard, wears a Hawaiian or plaid short-sleeve shirt in the summer and a leather jacket in the winter. He walks with his head cocked to one side with his eyes facing down. I don’t think I’ve ever not seen him. I can set my clock based on where I see him. If I’m on time, I see him at the top of the switchbacks behind the Italian Store. I knew I was running very late today because he was almost to Ballston when I saw him.

[JimK]

kcb203: As I recall, Dickie met the Custis walker and described him in a post on this forum.

[cvcalhoun]

I ended up putting my Bar Mitts back on.

@Rockford10 83376 wrote:

… would have been better with the full-fingered gloves I left at home.

[Harry Meatmotor]

@kcb203 83420 wrote:

Every morning when I commute on the Custis, I see the same guy out for his morning walk at 8:15 or so from Courthouse to Ballston and back. He’s probably in his 60s with a short beard, wears a Hawaiian or plaid short-sleeve shirt in the summer and a leather jacket in the winter. He walks with his head cocked to one side with his eyes facing down. I don’t think I’ve ever not seen him. I can set my clock based on where I see him. If I’m on time, I see him at the top of the switchbacks behind the Italian Store. I knew I was running very late today because he was almost to Ballston when I saw him.

I like to hope most of us have our regular timekeepers. Though most of them retreat from the cold, seeing the “regulars” come out from hibernation in the spring is kinda like seeing old friends, albeit friends i know nothing of other than their punctuality. My regulars:

Skinny smoker guy that crosses the 14th St. bridge headed to VA at 5:45-5:50am, who occasionally sets up shop in the grass under a tree near the chicane at the south end of the Gravelly Point parking lot in the afternoons.

Jogger dude I pass oncoming near the north end of Reagan Nat’l – always gives a firm thumbs up.

Any more?

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