My health obsession

Throughout my posts I have related saving money to maintaining good health. On this post I’m not planning on changing my pattern. This summer I plan to never drive my car. This seems like a bold action to take but I realized that everywhere I plan on going this summer is in biking distance. This will be the ultimate saver of money; I drive a BMW 328xi, which takes premium gas so obviously my pockets were getting murdered. I have been long distance cycling all my life so that lifestyle won’t faze me. This summer I have a job at the YMCA which is two minutes from where I live so biking from my house to the center wont be hard. What my biggest challenge will be is biking into the DC which normally is a 10 minute drive for me, so if my calculations are correct, on bike it will take me about 20-30 minutes depending on my energy that day. As the summer goes on I will get more and more fit and the commutes will probably be shorter. I’ve been researching the affects of biking every day and of course it makes you a healthier person but it will also raise your mood and spirit. When you can reach your target heart rate on a daily basis it will relieve you of anxiety and stress (not that summer is stressful). I am committed to achieve this goal and in the process save myself money and also my parents money. Along with the money and health aspect of this challenge I will also be doing a small favor to the environment by limiting the gas that goes into the air from driving. SO I’m killing three birds with one stone by not driving my car. The bike I will be using will be a FELT Z2, this is one of the lightest FELT models you can buy and while you use less of your body while riding it, it is a faster and smoother bike for long distance. The other bike that I was thinking of using would have been a slower bike that would make me exert more body energy and would make me reach my target heart rate faster, this bike is the FELT F95. Seeing as how I am riding on a bike all summer I don’t see the point in using a slower bike especially because I will be making trips that are pretty strenuous.