I live on Long Island and commute to work in Manhattan by car.  I drive to the East River on the Long Island City side where I park and take the subway 2 stops into the city.

The distance is 19 miles and when I was young and training for the marathon, Ben Geizhals and I (see photo) would run the 19 miles into the city once a week.  It was quite a trip!

The fastest I ever commuted door to door was 42 minutes and that was achieved in late Summer when school was out and folks were winding down their vacations.  I did 52 minutes Wednesday.

The roads are open this week and maybe I can break the record!