April 25, 2008 7:36 pm
Miles Of Milestones
Posted by Will under biking, milestones
[3] Comments
I pedaled past my 2,000th mile this year with today’s bike commute (that included a trip to the dentist to fill a cavity and seal up a previous root canal retreatment… that’s right: I not only go for bike rides after riding bikes, but I even bike to and from unpleasant things). My annual mileage total now stands at 2,007.
That particular number has significance because it was my overall mileage goal for 2007. Further, I achieved that goal ahead of schedule in September of last year, going on to surpass 3,100 miles by December 31. Further further, I’ve done in less than the first five months of 2008 what it took me more than 9.5 months to do last year. Further further further, should all go well and according to plan I stand a rock solid chance of catching this year’s goal of 3,000 miles by somewhere around the middle of June — at which time, I’ll have to recalibrate to a new year-end number, dare I say… hmmmmm — 5,000?
I dare. But first let’s say hey to 3K.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Good for you Will! As you recall, last week I biked 8 miles. Today I went all the way to Long Beach and according to Google that was 13 miles. I have a question. What do you use to keep track of your miles. Thanks.
April 26th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Thanks Rogelio! Congrats on the 13-mile trip!
When my last bike odometer failed (around the same time my previous bike’s frame broke) I opted not to replace it and now I do the somewhat laborious chore of charting the mileage all my rides via the Google mapping function that can be found at:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com
There are other charting tools out there on the internet such as bikely.com, but I just use Gmaps.
April 26th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Hey Will,
Thanks for the link to the Google pedometer map. After the bike ride in the morning, later on in the afternoon I walked another 3.78 miles.