Cycled to work again today – and now I remember why I don’t cycle two days running! The usual plan is to treat it like an exercise program – doing it alternate days. This time around, if I get sufficiently proficient, I may go to a five-day schedule, but today definitely showed me I’m far away from that point just now!

Still, managed to get to work on time, and it only took me 30 minutes 57 seconds to go 5.04 miles – which my little spreadsheet tells me is an average of 9.77 miles per hour. To compare, my previous average is 10 miles per hour pretty much exactly.

Tomorrow I’m not cycling as I need to be suited up for an internal interview, which is why I did it today – seemed a bit stupid to only cycle one day on my first week. At the moment it’s pretty okay, apart from the fact that they’re digging up one of the streets on my route, requiring a detour (which I think is responsible for the .04 miles); and I am no longer confident enough to deal with the Big Roundabout on the way. Maybe I wasn’t going at 2-ish last time I was doing this; it certainly seems busier than it was. Either that or I’m getting scared in my old age…

It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes me getting back tonight!