For the past three days, I've bike commuted to work and back, nothing new really.

What is new is that I've been running errands in some capacity while on the bike.

I have been toting a pannier bag full of work gear, like changes of clothes, grocery items that we've run out of, mail for a post office run, etc. All of that extra weight is adding a level of training that I haven't really explored, which, hopefully, will make my light bike training and events really fun and fast!

As much as I want to bike EVERY single day of this month for 30 Day Of Biking, realistically, I know that it wont happen, as my work schedule starts to change with the end of every week, giving me less and less hours of sleep.

To add another wrinkle, my workplace is in the process of implementing a new warehousing system, which has added much more overtime to my workday. By the time I am ready to leave back for home, I have little to no energy left. I keep telling myself that any time on the bike is good forward progress, but only time will tell if I'm improving to where I was a year and a half ago.

For early Spring, I think that I'm off to a good start though, so I'll take it and keep building!

Next event: Sat April 21st: the New England Randonneurs 100k to Sterling, MA.