54.5 miles

[42itous]

Bike log for March 25-31:
2 trips from Arlington to Cambridgeport: 9 miles
3 trips from Arlington to Somerville: 13.5 miles
3 trips from Somerville to Cambridgeport: 7.5 miles
4 trips from Cambridgeport to Arlington: 18 miles
1 trip from Cambridgeport to Somerville: 2.5 miles
1 trip from Somerville to Arlington: 4 miles

Most of which was in heavy traffic, so I'd estimate that I spent about 6 hours riding in traffic this week, plus one more hour on quiet streets. My legs ar tired. :)

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Re: Bicycle Made For Martha

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Believe it or not, biking in unfamiliar territory frightens me. I've ridden in Boston once: from Back Bay station along Mass Ave into Cambridge, the day I brought my bike up from Providence on the commuter rail. Of course, Harvard Sq was scary the first few times I went through it, but now it's a routine part of my commute. It's amazing how much safer an are feels when you're familiar with it (you just have to remember that the drivers might not be as familiar as you are).

I'd love to try the Emerald Necklace with you sometime. Maybe when it's warmer, though.

In answer to your fifth thought, my bum used to get sore but then I got a better seat. Now it takes a lot of hard biking to make me sore, and then it's my legs and my lungs before anything else.