VICKY:
How has the drive in to work been for you lately? Mine has been super busy and definitely not what I expected for this time of year. I wish I lived closer to work so I could just run or bike in.
GRANT:
Mine has been pretty typical, except that the other day I brought my camera, GPS and heart rate monitor.
VICKY:
Why did you do that?
GRANT:
I’ve been wondering what the physical differences are between driving in and biking in to work.
VICKY:
That’s a pretty neat idea. Any results to share with us yet?
GRANT:
Well it took me 30 minutes to drive in, which is pretty much the average. On the bad snow or rain days it can be worse. I live over in Gatineau, Quebec as you know, and we work here in Ottawa, Ontario so the big problem is always the bridge. There are so many cars that get backed up. We really need another couple of bridges, or a much improved transit system, but that is the subject for another blog. Anyways, I am interested in what I physically get out of driving in to work. The distance was 12 kilometers. 30 minutes for 12 kilometers. That’s not so good. According to my Garmin I burned 466 calories. That number seems really high though maybe it’s a technical error. I’ll try it again another time and see if I get a similar number. My average heart rate was 71 which is fairly high for me, but the first couple of kilometers I was up in the high 70s probably because of walking to the car. My max heart rate was 90. All in all it was pretty mundane.
VICKY:
How fast do you walk to your car? Just kidding. So what next?
GRANT:
Next week I’ll bike to work and we’ll compare the numbers. 
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