Day 8, a new commuters journal

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Ill keep you posted on my progress (if any of you are actually interested!!). Sorry if these
journals bore you but it helps keep my interest and once i get past the "can i REALLY be bothered
to cycle to work" ill be fine - just need it to become second nature!

Thanks for listening!

Lee

yes, im interested - youve already spurred me onto bringing my first test commute ride a few weeks
forward from when i originally planned it

i start tomorrow night on way home

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yes, im interested - youve already spurred me onto bringing my first test commute ride a few weeks
forward from when i originally planned it

i start tomorrow night on way home

Wow, im spurring people on now!?

Tell you what, i think the decision to commute is the best thing I have done - im adamant that if i
stick to it all week im selling my car!

Course, its going to be difficult cos im away in Teneriffe from the 12th to the 22nd, so no
commuting there - lots of alcohol and food, gonna be hard to start again!

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Tell you what, i think the decision to commute is the best thing I have done - im adamant that if
i stick to it all week im selling my car!

mines a company van (although i do have a car im trying to sell at the moment too!) which will end
up left in the yard during the week and i'll only use it weekends if the commute goes well

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Course, its going to be difficult cos im away in Teneriffe from the 12th to the 22nd, so no
commuting there - lots of alcohol and food, gonna be hard to start again!

same here ... im off to florida end of aug for 2 weeks so will have a hard time getting back to it
but once thats through the diet/exercise combination will home and dry until at least christmas

plus the GF has promised me whatever bike i want for next spring providing the regular commute is
well in place and im on the way to losing all the weight ... great incentive

Lee said:

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Quoted message said:

yes, im interested - youve already spurred me onto bringing my first test commute ride a few
weeks forward from when i originally planned it

i start tomorrow night on way home

Wow, im spurring people on now!?

Tell you what, i think the decision to commute is the best thing I have done - im adamant that if
i stick to it all week im selling my car!

Course, its going to be difficult cos im away in Teneriffe from the 12th to the 22nd, so no
commuting there - lots of alcohol and food, gonna be hard to start again!

You could try hiring a bike out there, new experience navigating on the "wrong" side of the road,
keep your hand/ legs in so to speak. I'm enjoying the reports keep them coming, I have also just
started to bike after a gap of 40Yrs, am retired so dont commute to work but am enjoying the new
challenge, have also joined the SAS :-( Cheers Erdefen

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Tell you what, i think the decision to commute is the best thing I have done - im adamant that
if i stick to it all week im selling my car!

mines a company van (although i do have a car im trying to sell at the moment too!) which will end
up left in the yard during the week and i'll only use it weekends if the commute goes well

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Course, its going to be difficult cos im away in Teneriffe from the 12th

to

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the 22nd, so no commuting there - lots of alcohol and food, gonna be

hard to

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start again!

same here ... im off to florida end of aug for 2 weeks so will have a hard time getting back to it
but once thats through the diet/exercise combination will home and dry until at least christmas

plus the GF has promised me whatever bike i want for next spring providing the regular commute is
well in place and im on the way to losing all the weight ... great incentive

Incentives always help! I have 2 main ones:

1) Fitness - odd as it is, i feel fitter already and more alert and "smug" that im getting the
exercise i need (sat in an office at a desk all day is not good for your health!)
2) Money - all in all i will be saving approx. £1500 a year AT LEAST by commuting to work by cycle -
save the insurance money and buy a decent bike - plus the money I get from selling my car can go
towards paying off one of my credit cards.

all in all the only downside is the winter commute which will be tough but i AM going to do it!

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You could try hiring a bike out there, new experience navigating on the

"wrong"

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side of the road, keep your hand/ legs in so to speak. I'm enjoying the reports keep them coming,
I have also just started to

bike

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after a gap of 40Yrs, am retired so dont commute to work but am enjoying

the new

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challenge, have also joined the SAS :-( Cheers Erdefen

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Well I had considered it then thought realistically - im going on an all incluisve holiday - ill
never leave the hotel LOL.

My experience in the SAS is getting slowly better, my gel seat is helping! Keep at it - I think the
more you ride the less you feel!

Lee said:

Course, its going to be difficult cos im away in Teneriffe from the 12th to the 22nd, so no
commuting there - lots of alcohol and food, gonna be hard to start again!

Nothing to stop you hiring a bike for a few days when you're out there, to explore the island a bit.

The handy phrase: "Quiero alquilar una bicicleta, por favor."

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Lee said:

Course, its going to be difficult cos im away in Teneriffe from the 12th to the 22nd, so no
commuting there - lots of alcohol and food, gonna be hard to start again!

Nothing to stop you hiring a bike for a few days when you're out there, to explore the
island a bit.

The handy phrase: "Quiero alquilar una bicicleta, por favor."

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Stevie D \\\\\ ///// Bringing dating agencies to the \\\\\\\__X__///////
common hedgehog since 2001 - "HedgeHugs" ___\\\\\\\'/
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oh god nooo - all inclusive means not even leaving the complex - mmmm voooooodka!

Lee said:

oh god nooo - all inclusive means not even leaving the complex - mmmm voooooodka!

You sad [censored]. What's the point of flying all the way to beautiful Islas Canarias if you're then
going to sit in the hotel all day and get drunk. Why not just spend a week at your local Hilton, or
pop over to Centre Parcs?

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Lee said:

oh god nooo - all inclusive means not even leaving the complex - mmmm voooooodka!

You sad [censored]. What's the point of flying all the way to beautiful Islas Canarias if you're then
going to sit in the hotel all day and get drunk. Why not just spend a week at your local Hilton,
or pop over to Centre Parcs?

as he would have to sacrifice an arm and a leg for the prices ... an all inclusive in GB including
drink, (albeit dodgy cheap stuff in most places that do all inclusive abroad) surely would be cost
prohibitive?