I biked to work today for the first time since last October and I could not be more elated. It has been too long, I have been waiting and waiting for the factors to come together. Well, today the sun, the warmth, the weather forecast, and my morning finally all came together with a perfect storm of biking thunder.
After I finally got out of the house and on my way it was a little cold and I could certainly tell that I had lost some of my physical fitness since last October. But, this is one of the reasons I am so happy to be able to get back on the bike for my commute to work. I am really hoping that this will be a new starting point for me to change my health and fitness level for the better. For as long as I can remember I have been fat and every year I have toyed with the idea of actually exercising and eating well in order to loose some weight, but I have never actually done anything about it. So, as I sit here writing this, after biking 6 miles to work, I feel more motivated than ever to eat better and be more active.
There are many more reasons I love biking to work besides motivating me to actually get healthier. First of all I love being able to enjoy the beauty of the city by bike, it is slower the train or bus goes, it is slower than a car. Even though it takes me 30 minutes to get to work by bike (which is still faster than public transit) I get to enjoy seeing people, trees, the sun coming up over the Boston skyline, and I get to smell bakeries baking their morning breads.
I consider myself an environmentally conscious person and this is another reason I love biking. Driving a car to work not only adds pollution to the earth but it adds noise pollution and it adds to traffic. Plus, I hate the idea of sitting in traffic and not moving when on my bike I could just be zipping around that darn traffic and headed on my way home.
The freedom that biking gives me is also amazing, when I take public transit to work and from work I have a very set route, if I need to go some place out of my way it could take another hour to get home, on my bike I can quickly make my pit stop (I don’t even need to find a parking space) and be back on my way home. Now I don’t want to discourage people to use public transportation because I still think it is much better than driving, but the freedom of biking is fantastic.
Now get out there start biking darn it, I love it and I know you will too.
