Bicycling recently resurfaced this article I wrote about bike commuting, and it’s a good one so I figured I would give it a share as well—especially since it features a lot of my favorite people! I love the idea of bike commuting, despite working from home. (But… Does coaching endurance camps count as biking to work if biking is work?!) I’ve actually toyed with the idea of starting to fake a bike or run commute when I’m home working for longer stretches: Leave the house for a short ride or run in the morning, come back, then do the same at the end of the ‘work day’ in order to set myself up to be in full-on work mode and feel like I’ve checked into the office. As it is, Peter and I usually end our workdays around 5 or 6 with a walk before we make dinner just to reset ourselves and attempt to get out of working mode (it works about 40% of the time). BUT ANYWAY. If you are considering (or currently) bike commuting, you might want to check out these solid gold tips!
About Molly Hurford
Molly Hurford is a journalist in love with all things cycling, running, nutrition and movement-related. When not outside, she’s writing about being outside and healthy habits of athletes and interviewing world-class athletes and scientists for The Consummate Athlete. She’s the author of multiple books and her most recent project, Shred Girls, is a young adult fiction series and online community focused on getting girls excited about bikes. She also writes regularly for publications including Bicycling magazine, Outside, Map My Run, and Nylon. Molly is a little obsessed with getting people—especially women—psyched on adventure and being outside, and she regularly hosts talks and runs clinics for cyclists and teaches yoga online and IRL… And in her spare time, the former Ironman triathlete and cyclist now spends time racing ultra-runs on trails. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @mollyjhurford
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