2000 miles

 We are stoked! 

We met one of our 2015 goals today.  That goal was to cycle 2000 miles this cycling season.

Our season began in early March.  We feel pretty good about achieving this goal considering that we were unable to ride about 6 weeks in those seven months because of out-of-town trips and medical issues/illnesses.

Last year we altered our riding pattern to include a larger number of shorter rides.  We followed that new pattern this year, now having ridden on 100 days.  100 rides, 2000 miles, is an average of 20 miles/ride.

But that average is a bit misleading because we took 64 rides of 11/12 miles, which means that our median ride distance was 12.

Since we are not strong riders, in comparison with the many strong riders there are in the PNW, our 12 mile ride is one we can take almost every day unless we have commitments for the full day or it is raining.  It is fairly hilly, so is a good workout.

This is how far we could have gotten if we had cycled 2000 miles in a straight line from where we live, and if we could cycle on water (which we are not good at yet):

We are celebrating tonight with ice cream!