Have to agree about commuting. I feel better when I get to the office and better when I get home when I have pedaled my way there.  
 
Being a new home  owner, I can't get away for the weekend recreational rides (enslaved to a yard invaded by henbit!!) but the rides to the office are pleasant. Once I got the right clothing, the weather hasn't slowed me down much either. Boy is it WINDY here!! I keep telling myself that the recumbent is better going into a headwind but 20 mph in the face is the pits.