∞ Miles to the Gallon

Gas in the SF Bay area is about $2.80/gallon for 91 right now. While the high price of gas is not going to change my lifestyle much, it is a huge emotional drain to sink $40 into my gas tank once a week. Since I am getting back into the whole healthy active lifestyle again, I figured biking to work would kill two birds with one stone:

• Biking is much cheaper than driving when you factor in gas, depreciation and maintenance costs
  
• Biking is free exercise

When I was a traveling and client-facing consulting, biking to work was not the easiest thing in the world to do. Since I actually have an office where my ass is parked for 40+ hours a week, along with access to a shower and secure bike storage, I would be a fool not to bike to work.

Even without the two obvious benefits of cost savings and a cheap workout, biking to work has some unexpected benefits such as:

• When going out to eat for lunch, we won't be taking my car
  
• If I want to get out of work early--err on time, I can use the excuse of "gotta get home before the sun sets"
• My shower is paid for by the company

This week I only made the bike trek to work once. Next week I will shoot for two round trips. The week after that, three?

Oh, and for those curious, my commute is approx 40 miles round trip depending on the route I take. If I ride to work the entire week, that is 200 miles!