If 7:00AM sounds early to some of you sleepy heads I better not say what time I get up for an early shift so that I can commute to work on my bike, and on my 20 mile return trip I have to get up half an hour earlier to go on the bike rather than in the car and at the time I sometimes have to get up that is a significant sacrifice.
But it is so worth the effort as like "tillson" who was forced to stop due to his distance to work increasing I would really miss my bike ride to work and back if something happened to make it impossible. I am writing this after getting home from my third return trip (60 miles) with one more to do tomorrow.
I feel so much better for the regular exercise and when working late shifts like Eddie I do nearly all the trip to work off road doing more miles and taking over an hour rather than the 27 minute road option in great countryside that puts me in a great frame of mind for work.