Monday 2 April 2012

Commuting..

The 2nd Phase of my commute is basically from "Fenchurch Street" to "Marble Arch" but to make things easier for me in regards to fitness, cost & time, i have decided to try to Bike this journey. Below is a picture of my vehicle.



i wanted to let all know how it went on my first journey into the office this morning. The stats are listed here.

Arrived Fenchurch Street : 0722
Arrived Marble Arch: 0800

Journey Time: 38 mins
Cost:£ nil
Fitness: +100% (over existing journey's)

so all in all the timing could be better, but i expect that most of this is due to my uncertainty of the route, as i had to stop multiple times to check the map, and also i stopped at every red light, when i could have stepped off the saddle and walked as a pedestrian. i did observer that many of the other cyclists did NOT do this and flaunted the law by going through red lights.

The journy was longer, the saddle is rock hard and hurt my a$$, and i failed to think of a new shirt as the one i wore was soaked!!!!

failing this i need to discover a more direct route, and bring a change of shirt. watch this space as i update after this evenings route.

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Right

the evening session is not much better, 40 mins..... bloody london streets and road works.... i have to get a route sorted otherwise it is not going to go down to 30mins... This evening i managed to go half way round London.

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Hey All

found a decent, straight route now, which basically goes through St. Pauls then Holborn & Oxford Street, Done it in 30 mins on the way in this morning... woohooo

i can now concentrate on this time and knock off another 5 mins with ruthless cycling, or a faster bike!

New Frontiers...

Hey All

you may/maynot be aware that i have achieved the impossible and have managed to get myself back into employment... how happy am i. i now work for a small and growing IT business called "Synergy Associates".

i'll keep you all up to date though. Challenges await....