I was pretty pleased with myself over the past two weeks for riding my bike to work 8 of 9 work days. Rj will be pleased with me too, I bet! And while I don't have an Xtracycle like Rj does I even picked up groceries via bike last week.

I guess I had a bit of an epiphany that I could ride my bike places instead of driving my car. Actually, I enjoy it WAY more than driving places. I'm way more excited to go somewhere when I can hop on my bike and spin over to wherever. I don't know why it's taken me this long to embrace biking as a means of transportation. I always just thought road bike: training, car: transport. Maybe because I don't train very much on my road bike and if I didn't commute on it I wouldn't ever ride it. Plus I really like riding my bike-- it's fun to be out on the road for once and feel faster than a runner and less ungainly than a rollerskier. It also helps that Anchorage has been gorgeous lately.