{"id":398,"date":"2012-06-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2012\/06\/26\/missing-the-bike-commute\/"},"modified":"2014-02-10T15:43:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T23:43:14","slug":"missing-the-bike-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2012\/06\/26\/missing-the-bike-commute\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing the Bike Commute"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2Tdu8Hd6XUY\/T-ctrGA7RbI\/AAAAAAAAA1g\/vQvVIW9_KII\/s1600\/kristi+moen.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-2Tdu8Hd6XUY\/T-ctrGA7RbI\/AAAAAAAAA1g\/vQvVIW9_KII\/s320\/kristi+moen.jpg\" width=\"277\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><i style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Kristi races for the finish line.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><i>Today&#8217;s post was written by Bicycle Alliance member and volunteer Kristi Moen of Burien.<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\ufeff\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">I have a confession to make to all of you who are asking me if I\u2019ve been cycling to work lately. I haven\u2019t.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not what you think. It\u2019s not the rain or the colder-than-average weather. Those aren\u2019t stopping me. Nor is it the traffic or the very occasional rude driver. Nope. It\u2019s me. I\u2019m stopping myself. It\u2019s odd, especially to me because much of my identity is wrapped into cycling. I\u2019ve not been riding to work because \u2013 here\u2019s where it gets weird \u2013 I\u2019ve been training for triathlons. Sound strange? It does to me, too. But the more I look into training for tris, the more I find that there\u2019s not a lot of value in my downhill, uphill, slow sidewalk, meandering route to work. (Not to mention that I paid someone a lot of money for a tri training plan and it doesn\u2019t have room for commuting.)  Sure, there\u2019s always something to gain, but compared to an intense interval workout on my trainer or a long non-stop ride on one of our many regional bike routes, I don\u2019t get the same time\/value ratio. And for me, who can get surprisingly competitive with myself, the idea of not taking full advantage of a tri workout kills me.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/>It also kills me to not ride to work. Therein lies the dilemma. But my last logic-based motivator, minimizing impact to the environment, is gone with the acquisition of my electric car. And so for now, I drive to work and continue with my very strategic tri workouts.<\/p>\n<p>This is a rambling way of saying that I can\u2019t wait until I can start commuting on my bike again. I see you all out there in the downpours and cold and can barely stand it I\u2019m so envious. So keep it up. Keep riding. Ride more! Enlist your friends. The more of you we drivers see, the more awareness of the need for better safety and infrastructure will come to light. That\u2019s the most important part. More safety equals more riders. And by all means, if you have ideas of how to train while commuting, please let me know. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristi races for the finish line. 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