The Sun Never Rose

There is a snag in my plan! I don't know why I didn't think this through far enough ahead to recognize this sooner. It is 6:00 a.m. and I am awake and ready to go to class, but I won't leave the house yet. The sun isn't up and it doesn't look like it's coming up anytime soon and I can't ride my bike in the dark. there is a class at 7:00 and it is a 5.2 mile bike ride from my house which should only take about 35 minutes - no big. When I go after work I take the train, so this factor didn't really work its way into my consideration. I was actually really psyched to go in the morning and ride my bike because it is faster, the first time I practiced at this studio I had biked there so I am prepared for that.

ggggeez, this sounds like excuses for not going today.... It's day 3 and I'm already "bailing"... I'm going to go ahead and chalk this experience up to a warm-up. I got two consecutive classes in, which is something I have only done once before and by this time next week I'll have done 4 consecutive classes. This weekend I'm going to buy reflectors and lights for my bike so that I can ride in the morning before the sun comes up. ((For the record, this was not only my decision not to ride this morning. My very wise roommate who knows NY streets agrees that I would be risking my life by riding my bike right now. She is a pretty fearless woman and if that thought scared her, then that is enough of a reason for me to put this goal on hold until it doesn't actually put my life in peril.))