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Getting to Checkpoint W
posted Saturday, October 13, 2007 by Team Checkpoint Zero @ 11:36 AM - 0 comments

Well, I finally followed through on a plan I've been mulling for a long time: riding my bike to work. It took me a bit more than two hours -- including a few wrong turns and weaving through some traffic downtown -- to get from my home near downtown Atlanta to my job in the suburbs, but I did it!

And I'll do it again.

Here's what I learned -- there ARE drivers who're friendly to bikers, Mt. Vernon Road has "Mt" in its name for a reason, rich folks drive pickups to fancy parties with valets too, it's absolutely NOT possible to look anything but stupid walking through the fancy atrium of your office building wearing bike shorts with dress shoes, and there are lots more bike lanes out there than I thought.

For those of you considering commuting on your bike, take heart that it's not always scary out there (nothing like this). It could be a pretty good way to fit in a few extra hours of training per week, especially for those of you who have to fit training in with family time. I'm hoping it pays off at race time.

- Paul

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