[Otter74]

Good job, Vash. I'm only 45 but even at my age I am beginning to get a sense that if I take time off from my usual exercise habits the effect is not going to be as light as it was when I was 35. Like angel, I've been a year-round transportation ride for a long time and it is a wonderful way to build it into your life. I grew up mountain biking but from college on, and especially once I moved to Chicago, road riding of various types took over because I can ride out my back door rather than having to put a bike in the car and drive for two hours. Im still commuting to the office since I have an "essential" job but car traffic is so drastically reduced that I can get to/from work by car in 15 minutes (rather than 35-45) whereas riding still takes 1:20 so I find myself driving most days and riding after work, but this seems like a first step on a slippery slope. Yesterday I did a 200k brevet and I can still do this kind of thing off the couch but I wasn't any faster this year than I was last spring, which I'd hoped to be.