Bicycle 5,000 miles in 2007

Happy New Year, everyone.

Weather looks like crap for Sunday, so Monday is the likely day to see this done.

Unlike Mr. Carson, I’ll likely be logging miles toward this goal while europe is popping champagne on the 31st.

Carson slips into the lead… I may have the advantage, since I’m not going out of town at all during the month.

This could be a close call…

Odd that we ended the month exactly 100 miles apart (I rounded, but let’s not get into that).

I’m starting to get a bit concerned that if the weather turns truly foul, I may miss this goal. There are roughly 11 weeks remaining until the end of the year. I will need to book an average of 51 miles per week to stay on track.

65 miles over the weekend, at the Manastash Metric Century in Ellensburg.

I’m planning on getting whatever mileage I can as the weather permits, as it’s already starting to turn nasty in the Northwest. Not that I’ll refuse to ride in the rain, but my commitment tends to run out around 20, rather than 40+ when it’s raining.

With a good September, I’ll only need in the neighborhood of 200 per month for the rest of the year to reach this goal.

Yep. I’m going to resist the temptation to ride around the block tonight, too.