I, Mike Steffel, do here-by swear to try to bike to work every day that the roads are clear and weather does not create unsafe biking conditions. I swear to push myself to go to bed early, and get up with reasonable time to bike to work. I pledge that I will do this with enthusiasm and will post regular updates discussing my progress on this goal.  I do this with the goal of showing that anyone can bike to work and live a healthier, happier life while doing so.

This is it, I am taking a stand.  I am biking to work in all kinds of weather and all temperatures.  I will not allow my laziness to overcome my desire to do good for my self, my community (locally and globally), and my world.

OK, this all sounds good as I write this sitting in the comfort of my home having not road to work today, but what about putting it into practice?  Can I pull this off?  Is this realistic?  I guess we’ll find out.

The first test will come tomorrow morning when I am planning to bike to work and then bike to Potosi afterward to meet Kris at the Potosi Brewery for a beer and to fill our Growler.  There are $6 Growler refills on Tuesdays, so Kris and I thought this would make a great date night.  Perhaps we will make this a habit for our new year as well.

Over the weekend I had pause to look back at 2010 and look at what I have done.  I must say, I thought the year was a good one overall, but I am a little disappointed with myself.  Looking back, I did not loose the weight I wanted to, nor did I get to the physical point where I could just go out and run 5 miles any time I wanted to.  Also, I only rode 1, 700 miles last year.  I put more miles on the bike in the summer as a kid.  As my one way commute to work is now an extra 5 miles, my goal is to bring that yearly total up to over 3,500 miles for 2011.  You can watch my progress on Ride with GPS and see how I am doing at this goal (words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated).

I have a few “get in shape” goals for the new year.  I want to go below 190 and run under 50 minutes in a ten K run as well.  Tall order?  I think so, but I should be able to loose the weight even if I don’t bike to work as much or run as well as I would like.  So, just by striving to reach these goals I should do well by my self.

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