Bicycling to the fieldhouse in -23c

I have to be honest about something... this is a spirit being willing, but the flesh is weak type story!

I've been wanting to bicycle throughout the winter, but have chickened out, especially through out the deep freeze we've experience in the last few weeks.

I HAVE BEEN WALKING 4.3 KM PER DAY
I must say that I have been walking 4.3 kilometers every day! Walking is different than riding in that I dress up in really heavy clothes that I wouldn't be able to wear while riding my bicycle.

Today it's -23c in Regina, SK and I'm determined to get out on my bike and ride to the field house to do some more exercising and a dry sauna.

BIKE RIDING TAKES MORE TIME
The colder weather simply requires more planning and patience. To ride to the field house, which is only 10 minutes away means that I have to get fully dressed up in lots of layers of clothing. By the time I get there, I'll probably be sweating which means that I have to take care not to expose any skin to the cold weather.

After exercising, saunaing and showering, I have to dry off completely before going out into the cold weather. This requires more time than just towelling off. I'll have to ensure I'm dry before, and this will take some time.

The exercising and saunaing are going to make me sweat anyway, and so I will need to take the time to properly cool down and dry off.

Time required to bicycle to field house in cold weather:
10 minutes to get dressed up
10-15 minutes to ride to field house on bicycle
60 minutes for exercise and sauna
30 minutes to cool down, dry off and get dressed
10-15 minutes to ride home on bicycle

Total time: 130 minutes... or a little over 2 hours.

Time Required to drive to field house in cold weather
5 minutes to drive to field house
60 minutes to exercise
10 minutes to dry off and get dressed
5 minutes to drive home

Total time: 80 minutes... or 1 hour 20 minutes


Bicycling means that I'll take an extra hour to go to the field house and back.

This is not a problem, however, In the past I haven't been as patient to do it.

You're wondering why I'm posting about the time it takes to ride a bicycle on a financial blog?!!
As mentioned in past posts, I've decided to ride my bicycle and walk until I lose 85 pounds. I'm not going to purchase another car until I've reached this goal.

It's a bit about saving money, but if you're walking and riding everywhere, that lends itself to a much more frugal lifestyle. IE... I don't have a car to drive all over the place to buy things!!

In this case, being frugal means that I'll have to plan a little more, and be more patient, if I want to do things such as go to the field house in -23c weather.

Frugal living takes more time.

My other posts about bicycling.
Ice biking, bicycling, cheap bike repairs

UPDATE: I just got back from my bicycle ride, and it was wonderful... I did about 6 km today .

geez... the things I worry about.

Upwards and onwards... I need to test out different clothing and techniques as the weather gets colder and warmer