Saving money and getting fit? Surely not.

I have a bike.  I have a home.  I have a job.  I have decided to attempt to regularily ride my bike from my home to my job.  It comes with many adventures.

My job is in Northern Sydney.  Northern Sydney is notoriously hilly.

Going to work it is mostly up hill past the River.  One of the hills I had to get off my bike and walk up, but when I got off my bike, my legs would not work!  They were completely depleted of energy!  I have never not being able to walk before, it was extremely disconcerting.  Then there was the 20 minute recovery at the top of the hill... hopefully with practise both of these things will be reduced!

A friend from work is helping me get between work and the river, which is the complicated, hilly stretch of the journey.  His advice is not always something I'm willing to take.
[top of the super steep hill]
FRIEND: You don't need to brake on this hill till you get to the bottom.  My max speed on this one has been 68km/h!
ELIZABETH: Umm... don't brake?  meep
[on the hill]
ELIZABETH: eek
[at the bottom]
ELIZABETH: That was fun!
FRIEND: I beat you down the hill, you must have been braking.  I told you not to brake!
ELIZABETH: You bet I was braking, it was scary!

I got up to 54.5 km/hour braking on that hill.  My fear of flying off my bike at 55kph prevents me from wanting to go any faster.  Tis very scary going fast on a bike.

Despite scary parts going up and down really really big hills, I really enjoyed the 3 trips I've taken to or from work and would like to keep it up at least twice a week.  The trip home takes an hour, and the trip to work currently takes 90 minutes.  I should be able to cut both of those times down with practise (It's only 15 km).  The train takes 55 minutes and costs $32/week.  Yay, exercise is fun!