How far is your commute one way?
05-07-10, 09:15 AM
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10-12 miles depending on the route.
05-07-10, 09:17 AM
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8.6 miles the shortest direction but hilly. one mile is 3 minutes... the next is 7.. lol
05-07-10, 09:19 AM
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11 miles, 15 or 16 if I decide it's a nice day and I go the long way round.
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05-07-10, 09:26 AM
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I live near a 16 mile loop route on MUPs (the Arlington (VA) loop) so my commute is 5 miles going one way or 12 miles if I ride the loop in the other direction.
05-07-10, 10:13 AM
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You gonna eat that?
Did you ride this morning? I followed a slightly different route & time; I think I may have seen you (but couldn't catch you!)
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05-07-10, 10:15 AM
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About 6 miles on the Custis trail in Arlington, VA. I think today I might just ride down the Mt. Vernon Trail and catch the WOD back up to the Custis.
05-07-10, 10:47 AM
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5 miles in
5.8 home (slightly different route to make it easier to cross the most traffic street with a light)
up to 10 home if I take a route simply to add miles
5.8 home (slightly different route to make it easier to cross the most traffic street with a light)
up to 10 home if I take a route simply to add miles
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05-07-10, 10:49 AM
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05-07-10, 11:29 AM
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12 miles from the house to the office.
05-07-10, 01:01 PM
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4.5k, unless I go swimming. In that case it's an additional 3k past my office to the pool, then 3k back again to get to work.
05-07-10, 01:24 PM
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3 miles round trip. 
I always throw in an adventurous couple of miles on the way home....but I take the direct route home for lunch.
I always throw in an adventurous couple of miles on the way home....but I take the direct route home for lunch.
05-07-10, 01:56 PM
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7 miles (11.25 km) door to door according to mapping websites. (I haven't gotten a computer yet, but it's on my acquisition list.) I often stop at the grocery store or run other similar errands on the way home so that adds a nice couple miles here and there, too. I've been known to strecth out the commute artificially as well. A seven mile commute can be a ten-plus mile commute if you know the right roads. 
05-07-10, 01:58 PM
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21 miles to work, 19 miles home.
I'm starting a new job in a week that will be 3 miles closer but it's much hillier, so it will probably take me the same amount of time.
I'm starting a new job in a week that will be 3 miles closer but it's much hillier, so it will probably take me the same amount of time.
05-07-10, 03:46 PM
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8.5 miles if I stick to the roads, and avoid hills.
10 miles if I use the hills, and take the bumpy section of the MUP.
11 miles if I use the hills, and take the smooth section of the MUP.
10 miles if I use the hills, and take the bumpy section of the MUP.
11 miles if I use the hills, and take the smooth section of the MUP.
05-07-10, 04:11 PM
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13 miles...technically 12.5, but I like to round up since it seems more impressive to the ladies.