well, monday I did another commute in, on the way I blew a tire in front of the middle school that's on the way... I was sitting there changing a tire, looking weird, so I tried to go as fast as I could. Turns out that's not such a good idea: apparently you actually can put the rear tire back on a bike the wrong way... as I found out. It's not so good for riding, if you can't take your feet off the pedals quick enough, you crash... ask me how I know. So after that, I told myself I needed to hit the bike shop near work to pick up a spare tube... yeah, didn't happen. On the way home, at exactly the same place on the road, sure enough, the tube went again. Of course, I have no spares, and there's a bike shop next to my house, and one back at work, and I'm stuck in the middle. Yesterday I spent the night recuperating from a 2 mile walk home (god my knees suck).

Ending the post on a high note, I just did almost 17 miles (damn, google earth just wouldn't give me that last .23 of a mile) and I feel really good. I'm going to try for 20 tomorrow and see how it goes.

Lessons Learned:

1. 1 spare tube isn't enough if you don't like walking
2. biking really does help your knees... mine feel really good right now