Finally was able to commute

I was finally able to commute to & from work today. I was hoping to ride yesterday, but someone (me) forgot to turn the alarm on, so I woke up too late to commute yesterday. Today's rides were great. I've been doing a power workout week on my road bike & commuting gives me a chance to just spin my legs & loosen them up for the workouts later in the day. Today seemed to go by at a good pace. I think riding into work had something to do with it, but not sure. I really didn't have much traffic to deal with & the weather was fantastic. The ride home was great. I decided to do the workout I was going to do on my road bike on my commuter bike & then get some other things done when I got home. My legs really felt good on the way home. I was totally surprised at how they felt, haven't felt that good on the way home in quite some time. I'm looking foward to commuting on Friday, can't do it tomorrow due to an appointment not long after I get off work, but if the weather will co-operate for Friday, I'll be commuting. I know I've been really slack this year, but it seems like either the weather or life seems to get in the way lately. I'm hoping it will stop & I can commute & keep one less car on the road. Thanks for reading.

Mother Nature seems to have something against me.

Mother Nature just seems to have something against me this year as far as commuting goes. I haven't been able to stay consistent in commuting to & from work. I've only been able to commute few times since getting the shoes. I've finally fixed the problem with the insole for my right foot. I found out that the arch support was held in place with velcro. I removed the arch support & now I don't have the problem of my arch bothering me anymore. I'm still having to adjust the cleat position though. I'm hoping the weather changes here soon to get back to a regular commuting schedule. My workday seems to go by faster when I get to ride into work each morning. I'm looking foward to commuting again & getting back to a normal routine for me.

New shoes & nice weather for a change

Today I was actually able to commute to & from work. The weather this morning was great, it was about 55 degrees out & I had a tailwind to work. I was finally able to try some new shoes I had gotten with a gift certificate I had won on New Year's Day from The Bike Store. I got a pair of Bontrager Mt. Bike shoes. They look as follows:

I'm still tweaking the cleat position, so it's going to take a few rides to get it right, but they are working great as of now. It's actually nice to be able to walk & not sound like a horse clopping through the stores or the hanger at work when I'm off the bike. The only complaint I have so far about the shoes are the insoles that came with them. They have e-soles inserted inside. The one for my left foot feels fine when I'm walking & cycling, but the one for the right foot only feels fine when I'm walking. When I'm cycling the arch position of the insole seems too far forward. I took it out on the commute home & it seems to feel much better without it. I'll probably get another type of insoles & see how they work with the shoes. Speaking of the commute home, it was a hard one, I had a headwind of about 20 mph the entire ride & my legs just seemed a bit on the heavy side. I'm thinking I didn't have the proper food to eat for the ride home. I took a shorter, but hillier route home. There is one good climb on the route I took today & I was able to get up in only downshifting one time. I can tell that my legs are getting stronger & I'm looking forward to commuting as much as possible this year. I'm going to try to surpass 1800 miles commuting this year.