well, the quest to bike to work everyday flopped like Bob Dole at a presidential debate. actually Scott said to bring the bike in for a tune up after 12 hours of riding, and i never took the time to try to get it from bburg to cville until christmas.
but, i did almost succeed with my 2008 new year's resolution -- to quit TV. there were a couple exceptions: (1) by mistake, on a business trip, watched 90 min of mythbusters in the hotel and then declared that it didnt apply on business trips, (2) made a conscious decision to watch a show on replacing a turbine shaft at a power plant, on the discovery channel with Ben, (3) the presidential debates, and (4) a blip of VT football at a friend's house. other than that, i didnt watch TV in 2008.
building on the success of 2008, ive scheduled a couple resolutions for 2009. they're posted on facebook, because i learned from 2008 that accountability helps.
2009-01-04
2008-04-02
day 3: first bail
day 1: after a ride in the pouring rain, i arrived at work at 5:30am. this is not normal for someone used to showing up at work at 9 or 10am. this started a new quest -- to beat Gombar to work every day. The Impossible Gombar is a mechanical engineer at our company who is always the first one in the door -- always before 7am.
according to him, "people have tried" to beat him to work every day. i assume that meant they failed after a day or two. i am going to beat the record. to do this, i'll have to arrive at work and be changed into work clothes by 6:45am.
day 2: little more dry, arrived at work around 6:35, still before the impossible Gombar. things are going well.
day 3 (today): got to sleep after midnight last night, and really wasnt ready to get up when i woke at 5am. slept until 6am then realized i had a choice:
1. bike to work.
2. continue to beat Gombar to work.
since ive done the bike thing for a year straight already, my car is now outside in the parking lot -- and, at 7:05am, Gombar asks "no bike today"... sure, but hey i made my choice, and day 3 against him feels alot better.
according to him, "people have tried" to beat him to work every day. i assume that meant they failed after a day or two. i am going to beat the record. to do this, i'll have to arrive at work and be changed into work clothes by 6:45am.
day 2: little more dry, arrived at work around 6:35, still before the impossible Gombar. things are going well.
day 3 (today): got to sleep after midnight last night, and really wasnt ready to get up when i woke at 5am. slept until 6am then realized i had a choice:
1. bike to work.
2. continue to beat Gombar to work.
since ive done the bike thing for a year straight already, my car is now outside in the parking lot -- and, at 7:05am, Gombar asks "no bike today"... sure, but hey i made my choice, and day 3 against him feels alot better.
2008-03-31
bike2work v2 officially begins
after a trial run on Friday, bike2work version 2 officially began today. i'll be riding my bicycle to and from work every day.
why version 2?
so i didnt get my driver's license until grad school... which meant i biked everywhere -- to school, to the store, to work, to home, etc. i didnt keep track, but i know that during my 1-year internship i logged about 3300 miles just getting to and from work. i would estimate in the 9 years i owned that GT Zaskar, i pedaled it close to 10,000 miles.
some jerk stole this bike in Sept 2006. shrugging this travesty off since i had bought my first car in Sept 2005, i became the typical american and began driving everywhere. in Jan 2007 i started work after grad school.
15 months later, i realize how bad it has become. so i buy a bike from the #1 bike mechanic in the world and the guy who introduced me to mountain biking: Scott Paisley of Blue Wheel Bikes in Cville Va.
so, the goal:
the goal is to bike to work every day. to become more fit. to enjoy life more. to drive my car less. to help with climate change. to meet fun people that read this blog.
activity for you:
if you ride a brick red GT Zaskar with a red Serfas seat, Kore stem, and RockShox, that you picked up at Plantation Rd Unmanned Systems Lab in Sept 2006:
you're not cool at all. give me back my bike. email slowisdead@gmail.com
why version 2?
so i didnt get my driver's license until grad school... which meant i biked everywhere -- to school, to the store, to work, to home, etc. i didnt keep track, but i know that during my 1-year internship i logged about 3300 miles just getting to and from work. i would estimate in the 9 years i owned that GT Zaskar, i pedaled it close to 10,000 miles.
some jerk stole this bike in Sept 2006. shrugging this travesty off since i had bought my first car in Sept 2005, i became the typical american and began driving everywhere. in Jan 2007 i started work after grad school.
15 months later, i realize how bad it has become. so i buy a bike from the #1 bike mechanic in the world and the guy who introduced me to mountain biking: Scott Paisley of Blue Wheel Bikes in Cville Va.
so, the goal:
the goal is to bike to work every day. to become more fit. to enjoy life more. to drive my car less. to help with climate change. to meet fun people that read this blog.
activity for you:
if you ride a brick red GT Zaskar with a red Serfas seat, Kore stem, and RockShox, that you picked up at Plantation Rd Unmanned Systems Lab in Sept 2006:
you're not cool at all. give me back my bike. email slowisdead@gmail.com
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