I'm Taking Notes From This Guy

Think you’re winded after chugging over the Williamsburg Bridge? Clinical social worker Joe Simonetti rides three hours (it’s 44 miles) from Westchester to his midtown office-apartment twice a week. Here’s what it feels like:

“I get up at 7:30 a.m. and have a bowl of cereal, put some air in my tires (I ride a road bike), fill up two water bottles, and leave by 8:30. The moment I start pedaling, there’s this incredible release. The first highlight is an illegal shortcut through a private community in Connecticut, which has a beautiful little lake. After eighteen miles, I stop for breakfast at the Rock Ridge Deli in Rye; I order egg whites and Swiss on a whole-wheat roll. The low point is the South Bronx. It’s like running a gauntlet. When I make it over the Madison Avenue bridge into Manhattan, I’m a Tour de France rider seeing the Champs-Élysées. Even though my shoulders are aching, I’ll blast through Central Park. When I arrive at work, there’s always a sense of victory. It’s been ten years, and I still like when people say ‘Wow.’”

via NY Mag

Another Reason Not to Work Out

I am always looking for new reasons to stay away from gyms, and what better excuse than to avoid being shot at? Last night in Bay Shore, Long Island two men working out at a Planet Fitness were hit by a stray bullet from a rifle. Apparently they were not the target, and neither was the gym. Looks like these two unidentified male suspects need to work on their aim, I mean the gym didn't jump out at them unexpectedly, right? So I think I'll prevent my guns from gunshot wounds and stick to my daily naps after work. Cause when your workin on your fitness you don't want to become a witness.