Don't tell my bike liberals are lazy! After two days of bike commuting, Clem is getting into the groove.. note the ancient Navy EIS on the bars, soy latte in cage, and longing glances out the window, undoubtedly wondering if everyone outside is having more fun.The bus took 80 min. The bike takes 45. Sure, it's dark and I've been poured on both days, but it's efficient. I drafted off my former bus on Beretania, and was hit on by a mountain bike with slicks (whose hairy rider suavely mentioned how hard it was to determine on the dark deserted street who was hotter, me or my bike) which in turn led to my first bike interval in months.
I'm in the midst of my 40 hour HAZWOPER at work, and will spend the next 20 hours of it making up potential definitions for that funky acronym, which they have yet to define. I think I've got the HAZ down. Today was a meeting with the Army Air Field folks, for whom I'm writing an Environmental Assessment. In the hangar, I climbed into a UH-60 Blackhawk and was offered a ride. Hah! No sirree, unfashionable green&tan coverall-sporters, don't you know that at least 50% of those things end in crash? No doubt they all have great faith in my research abilities after whipping that stat out.
The power of the blog was demonstrated today in my first facebook message from hairy little brother number two: I arrive on Dec 16 and leave Jan 5th. He had better get off the plane dressed like a starfish or the kids are going to be pissed.
The bike commute is the way to go. It takes me an hour bu underground with all the wait and everything and 30 mins by bike. No brainer really.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few things that I love about that picture of your bike.
ReplyDelete1. In true T2 spirit, your shoes are still on your pedals...you must have been late.
2. The Starbucks cup on the seat tube indicating importance, but the #1 spot still reserved for true triathlon hydration
3. The friggin' bike lock around the seat post in true 1970s fashion. When that bike was being made at Trek, and the carbon fiber was being laid up, I guarantee you that it never thought that it would see the day where there was going to be a cable lock on it.
4. You must have been going pretty fast before you got to the office because you are in the big chainring. Or, you are a true cyclist and you know that whenever you take a picture of you bike it MUST be in the big chainring to express power and speed. All subtle ways to intimidate your competition :)
A picture says a thousand words...or makes a few points anyway.
Hope all is well,
Roger
ohhhhh. You are gonna be in good bike shape with all that commuting. Watch out for the those none flying metal death boxes on wheels, they tend to gravitate toward poor souls on bikes.
ReplyDeletethey really went with green carpet?!
ReplyDeleteI looooove your bike. :D
ReplyDeleteLove the Obama sticker on the bike. And you are lucky you can take the bike into the office. You'd think I worked at the pentagon with the rules my office has about what can go into the building.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha ha... that is hilarious, the bike looking out the window and Pat dressed as a star fish!
ReplyDeleteGotta LOVE the people on the streets on Oahu early in the morning!
Safe travels Rach!
I hope they are paying you the big bucks with how hard you are working just to get to work...
I totally needed a good laugh at 5:00AM while feeding Moana... Glad you updated! :)
ReplyDeleteSweeeet bike! Funny Post. You are back!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that bike is seriously hardcore. It makes my little Honda seem pretty weak.
ReplyDeleteI began my bike commuting today as well . . . it's great! And my little Starbucks mug fits in the bike holder just like you said! :) Gotta love that!!
ReplyDeleteGood on you for the commuting!!! One question though....are the shoes still on the bike to save 15 minutes at the end of the day? LOL!! Sounds like things are good - looking forward to seeing the picture of STARFISH!
ReplyDeleteScary how observant Roger is...I'm a scientist and I didn't notice any of those things. I think the Obama sticker was too much of a distraction. All I could think was, "Damn, she really is committed if she is going to put a huge ass Obama sticker on her bike!" Not sure if I'm even there yet. Well Rach, no pacing you at Honolulu. Ticket too expensive, can't get enough days off work to really enjoy flying to Hawaii, and my knee is complaining. Have to admit, during my run last night when I was trudging along, I was thinking what a wimp I was compared to you, aren't you running and training for a marathon with a brain tumor and blind. Oh how urban legends get spread.
ReplyDeleteOoh, HAZWOPER. Hours of fun. 40, to be exact. :)
ReplyDeleteHa, ha, the first thing I noticed was the coffee. Very good!
ReplyDeleteI'm still laughing reading my hubby's comments. He's a dork, a cute dork, but a dork nonetheless! ;)
ReplyDeletePlease stop writing about bikes and running and write about living newar Sawyer and the LOST set.AQnd how you have quit your job and stalk the LOST staff. Come on, the important stuff!!!!
ReplyDelete:-) mary!
This was hilarious to read. I especially liked the part about the involuntary interval you did to get away from hairy/creepy mountain biker guy!
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE the Obama sticker!!!! Wish I could commute to work (thinking they wouldn't like bikers on 15 North in San Diego =0).
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for taking the time to write on my blog!! You've been sorta a source of inspiration with me---with the balance you have in your life with your kids, hubby and triathlon..and even though you've hit a few bumps with the sight vision and all--you manage to keep a fresh/positive outlook on life--and that is the sign of a generally happy person =0
Thank you for your cheering from Hawaii----I wish I could have rented your legs for my run yesterday, but i'll get there =0.
Thanks so much!!!