It is only a short journey, usually takes around 15 to 20 mins at a gentle pace. 2/3rds is on the road with the 1/3rd next to work on a cycle path. As it's a short journey, it's not much quicker to drive in but a lot cheaper.
I find it a nice way to relax on the way home after a day at work. Wish I had put my waterproofs on over my trousers this morning. Legs were freezing and was definitely a woolly hat and gloves day.

How about you Gordoma?

Good morning all!

Congratulations to the following UK team members on achieving a personal milestone in yesterday's crunching:

Thargor 39 years RunTime

MissMelisande 1 years RunTime for the UK team
Clockwork 90 days RunTime for the UK team

Soong moves above 7,500 in the RunTime Rankings to #7,492

Clockwork moves above 75,000 in the Points Rankings to #73,879

MissMelisande 8,000 Results

aldude52 moves above 150,000 in the Results Rankings to #149,978

Congratulations also to the following UK team members on setting new PBs

	fosking          	Runtime	        	Points	 202,364	Results	  454	
	Steven Langston  	Runtime	 8:12:51:08	Points	        	Results	   42	
	JamesCanning     	Runtime	 3:10:23:15	Points	  22,757	Results	   28	
	ChrisUK          	Runtime	 3:04:26:33	Points	   9,887	Results	   15	

UK team Comparison of Daily RunTime, Points, Results

		                          	Hours		Points		      Results	
Yesterday's Production	1:021:07:33:31		9,271		3,265,002		6,614 	
Average per cd  								
March   	          385.2		        9,240		3,325,597		6,867 	
February	          372.9		        8,928		3,224,401		6,710 	
								
7day Avg per cd	          383.5		        9,192		3,326,374		6,858 	

Milestone Targets for the UK team

	       	Target   		Current  	To Do    	7day Avg.	  Estimate		
	RunTime	    900 years		    318,139	     10,361	    383.5	   27 days Apr-09		
	RunTime	  1,000 years		    318,139	     46,861	    383.5	  122 days Jul-13		
	Points 	1,000,000,000 		956,981,605	 43,018,395	3,326,374 	   13 days Mar-26		
	Results	    3,000,000		  2,032,227	    967,773	    6,858	  141 days Aug-01		

No. Of Members Active Yesterday

       				Total	        68	out of	98	   
				Group 1    	38 	,,  ,,	39	
				Group 2    	11 	,,  ,,	14	
				Group 3    	14 	,,  ,,	25	
				Groups 4 & 5 	 5	,,  ,,	20	

Evening all.

Nice to see quite a few milestones being passed today, including our newest member. Nothing close for me but still plugging away.

At least the cycle to work was a bit less cold today.

Morning All.

Chilly this morning... only -2C, which is toasty compared to Franfurt, it seems. It's 8-miles each way and I try to stay above 16-17mph on average so at the moment it takes me just under half an hour. I've only been commuting by bike for about 6 months as I'm using it to get fit and lose weight... which is why I've not yet moved over to the metric system favoured by the serious cyclists... or I'd have said 13km each way and 26-27km/h.

I do it for a number of reasons - parking at work is sparse and you either have to get into the office insanely early to get a space or risk being in a "blocked in" space. Also, my car isn't particularly economical (16-18mpg typically), so every time I cycle I save money and the environment... the money-saving thing is actually false, as I've spent far more money on a new bike, equipment and clothing than I've saved on petrol. I'm also competing in the Fastnet sailing race in August and not being the thinnest of chaps, and in order to not let my crewmates down, I've pledged to lose 7-stone between signing up last August and the race... 2lbs a week, every week for 50 weeks. Currently 5-stone down and 2 to go, so ahead of target - mostly thanks to the cycling but with some diet changes too of course... another expense is I've had to buy a whole new wardrobe.

I need to get some serious cycling in this year though as I need to train for next year's event, which is cycling from London to Barcelona. That'll be over 100 miles a day over 9 days... but I still have 15 months to train for that, including getting a proper road bike - and maybe lose even more weight... as the 7-stone loss still won't put me into the "normal" range as per WHO BMI deifnitions, so I certainly won't be a sleek Wiggins by Fastnet.