2018 Cycling Wrap Up: Personal Best, Looking Back, Looking Forward

There’s still a little over a week left in 2018, but I’ve been thinking about writing a wrap up post for the year.  Wow! What a year in the saddle. I’ve set a new personal best for miles bicycled in a year: 6,541 miles. My previous record is just over 5,000 miles.  Last year I rode 4,707 miles. So this has been a big jump.

Early Morning in December

Each data point is one month’s total of bike mileage since January 2016.

I’m really happy with the effort I’ve put in this year and the results I got back.  I lost 40 pounds (watching what I ate in addition to the increased mileage). My average speed is back up.  I’m grateful to have the opportunity to improve like this -- and the motivation to take advantage of the opportunity.

I’ve been back in winter mode lately, riding three or four days a week supplemented with some weightlifting.

If the winter is mild I think 2019 might be the year I crack 7,000 miles in a year.  

Here’s my draft schedule for 2019:

Name	Date	Website
Midnight Marathon Ride	14 April/15 April	https://www.midnightmarathon.org/
CRW Spring Century	May	https://www.crw.org/content/spring-century-1
Solo ride from Palmer	May
Kings Tour of the Quabbin	June	http://www.sevenhillswheelmen.org/index.php?a=centuries
Outriders	15 June	http://outriders.org/
Tour de Shuls	June	http://www.nerfjmc.org/tourdeshuls
Seattle to Portland	13 July	https://www.cascade.org/rides-and-events/kaiser-permanente-seattle-portland-presented-alaska-airlines
Farm to Fork Fondo	21/22 July	http://www.farmforkfondo.com/champlain-island-2018
Solo ride to Ptown	August
Blazing Saddles	August	http://www.nscyc.org/content/blazing-saddles-century
Ride for Angels	8 Sept	http://rideforangels.info/
H2B	14 Sept	https://www.harbortothebay.org/
Cranberry Century	October	https://www.crw.org/content/crw-cranberry-harvest-century

Here’s hoping for the luck & opportunity to do it all!

January 2018 Indoor Trainer

December 2018 Last Bike Commute of the Year