New job -- and a new ride

So I started a brand new job today (very exciting) -- and even managed bike to and from the office (very sore but personally gratifying).

Some factoids about my new job and my new ride:

• Brand new job: Andreessen Horowitz Fund
• Brand new office: 2875 Sand Hill Road
• As psi points out, it may be outright illegal for a venture capitalist not to occupy a Sand Hill address.  :-)
  
• Total commute length: between 12-13 miles (Google Maps guesstimate until I get a bike computer)
• Furthest I've ever gone on a bike in 1 day: true
• Total commute time: about an hour each way
• Commute route: Home > Canada Road > Whiskey Hill > Sand Hill Road
• Commute vehicle: Giant Twist Freedom DX electric bike (more on this in a later post)
• Weather: just about perfect: cloudy and low 70s on the way in, sunny and mid-70s on the way back
• Number of bikers I passed: 2
• Number of bikers who passed me on their non-electric road bikes: 5
• To the bikers who politely passed me: keep riding -- you are inspirational!
• Must get my RPMs up   :-)
  
• Number of joggers who passed me: 0, thankfully
• Muscles that are most sore: thighs, calves, butt, and my right arm (from dragging my beast of a bike up the stairs at work)
• Calories burned: 1,354 says this calculator
• Primary motivation: get in shape
• Other motivations: see cool sights, reduce carbon footprint (though given my trusty Prius gets nearly 55 mpg on the trip to/from work, this is pretty marginal)
  

Speaking of cool sights, here are some I saw today:

• A black limo following an older Indian gentleman on his bike (a foreign dignitary? a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with a backup crew?)
• A house right on the banks of the Crystal Spring reservoir -- wonder who lives there?
• The Pulgas Water Temple
• Various entrances to Filoli
• A horse park
  

Strangely, they're closing Canada Road this Thurs, Fri and Monday, so I'm going to try and bike in Tuesday and Wednesday. Stay tuned for more on the bike commute saga. And on the new job.

Ciao for now, must go nurse my legs. :-)