What a bike ride home gives me at the end of the day:

• exercise
• fresh air
• direct experience of neighborhoods I don’t live in and wouldn’t otherwise see up close
• the chance to smile at a little kid holding his dad’s hand
• an overheard snippet of another dad coaching his tween on skateboard skills
• enjoyment of my body’s ability to power itself up a hill
• exhilaration of a long downhill coast that lets me hit 35mph (woohoo!)
• the think time in which to come up with a great idea and spend some time shaping it,
• and a hearty appreciation for my sweetheart’s cooking at the end of the ride.

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