Day 2 – Rocking Out

Day two of 30 days on the bike…seems like a long way until the end.  This morning ride to work was much quicker than yesterday – about 1.5 mph average faster.  I made it roughly around 50 minutes.  The early morning metabolism jump-start has kicked in today!

I was starving all morning and had a huge lunch.   I can’t “ride” in other vehicles either, so lunch is either food I’ve packed for the day or one of the local restaraunts.  If more people road/walked/biked to downtown Parkersburg, the local eateries (and shops too) would definetly benefit.  Another interesting thought.

Speaking of riding in cars; everyone thinks I’m really crazy when I tell them my 3o days on the bike includes not even taking a ride in another person’s vehicle.  It is what it is.  I can tell this is going to be a fun time.

Although some think I’m a bit crazy with the whole idea, I’m getting a lot of support from many people – especially at work.  Hopefully my actions can inspire a few others to be more active.  I did hit a road bump at work with the locker situation.  Apparently Uncle Sam isn’t so gracious with allowing others to use his lockers.  Why have lockers then?  Good question and I’m working on some solutions thanks to my good friend KW.

Well, the day ended with a pretty quick ride home.  I swear the average elevation increases coming back to Marietta in comparison to going to Parkersburg, but I increased yesterday’s return average by 1.3 mph.   My first “excitement” took place when I crossed the entrance for AMPO – the entire entrance was covered with large rocks and the bike nearly flipped out from me.  Oh well, shit happens.

A little tired this evening just from getting up earlier but I’ll be ready to hit it again in the a.m.  I need a name for the mountain bike…any ideas?  Later.

~ by dowlere on June 2, 2010.