Rode the bike to the bus. Forgot my bus pass so I had to shell out two bucks and fifty cents for the round trip. Thats a mistake I won't plan on making again. Once I arrived at work Sean, Kelly and I took our bikes to an off site meeting. This was my first time taking the bike on downtown city streets for a long time. What a blast that turned out ( Read more... )

 I ended up taking this morning off work so that I could finish packing. Worked later than I usually do for an evening event. After work I waited 40 minutes for the bus. With the hour ride time plus the15 minutes walking time it ended up taking way too long in my opinion. For one thing the bus sure beats walking even if it does take almost two ( Read more... )

This morning I was scheduled to arrive late to work so I took it upon myself to sleep in till 9 in the morning and then walk to a local barber. This was only a 5 minute walk. Even though this barber was so close to my apartment I had never thought about using it. I am starting to pay attention to locations on the bus routes and stores near where I ( Read more... )

It's that time again, that time to give up the car. This is round two. This time the personal challenge is to go car-free for 2 months. Instead of going completely car free for a month as I did back in 2005 I will go without my personal car. If friends want to give me a lift, then I won't say no to a free ride. In 2005 I used a car for work ( Read more... )

Just to let you all know I’m now finished with my class project. FYI I did get an A as my final grade, so for that alone my project was worth any hassles incurred. To be perfectly honest there were only a handful of events that I could not attend due to my lack of car. Even then I could have had a ride arranged if I actually did not have a car ( Read more... )

Today was my first real day of errands around town. Met my dad for lunch at Penn Station over by the mall. This was roughly a 15 minute ride, not too bad, one killer hill, but other than that smooth sailing. From lunch I went to Dicks sporting goods for a good quality bike light. Was looking for some running gear but they did not carry it. The ( Read more... )

You might have guessed it, I missed the bus again for class. As far I know I was 50 seconds late for the bus. Sat on my bum at the sign for a good ten minutes and thought of the options I had. To be honest I did not think long cause I only had two choices. Could have waited another hour just for the bus to arrive, or ride my bike. Keep in mind ( Read more... )

Today I was about 5min late for the bus and the cost was missing my first class. Ironic enough the class I missed was the class I’m doing this project for. I definitely need to get my time management skills into gear here. If driving being 5 min late is no problem. Had to keep in mind I still had to walk 6 minutes to get to the stop on time. I ( Read more... )

Got home from work, and went for a 9 mile run which is the furthest I’ve ever run in one straight shot. Felt sick for two hours afterwards. Had planned to take it easy tonight and recover when I get a call around 11:30 inviting me to a campfire with some good friends that are in town for summer. Luckily it was only about a mile and a half away ( Read more... )

Started my day by running three miles as I am training for the Chicago Marathon on the 9th of October ( Read more... )