Hey all, many thanks for the comments, encouragement and advice, I think I have decided to cycle from the half way point into work early Tues morning weather permitting and then if I feel ok I will cycle the full 10 miles home in the evening, I am lucky enough to work in a place that I can store my bike and get a lift home if I am knackered, but as I know I can cycle 14 miles although on the flat I think maybe naively that I should be able to cycle 10 mile home, I know at least one of you mentioned not to be concerned about the time it took me, I am the kind of person even at the gym I will push myself were my running is concerned trying to aim for more distance in shorter time periods etc, so I will prob be checking the time I leave and arrive so that I have a goal to work on i.e. bringing my time down on the commute, but I wont stress over it, I am hoping to commute at least twice a week to start and do the gym twice a week leaving me a couple of rest days, my other goals are increasing my fitness and losing inches so heres hoping. the only real concern I will have is the traffic and how I cope with that as I am only getting used to being able to take one hand of the bars without worrying about falling off.
Kath. Your 10 mile commute may be quite daunting for a beginner but the fact you are even considering the idea is a good start. I'd suggest trying it to see how it feels then perhaps aim to do it a couple of times a week if you are okay with that, then build up from there. Don't worry too much about your speed at the moment - you'll get quicker as you get into it.
I hoped that was what you really meant but it definitely didn't read that way.
