It was a pretty good year in many respects. We were very busy early in the year with renovating the old house, buying the new house and moving. We started settling in around June and you can see the results of "real life" slowing down and cycling life heating up.
Some statistics:
- 5917 miles is the most since I started keeping stats in 1995
- 914 miles more than last year
- Seventh straight year increasing annual mileage
- 261 total rides
- 22.67 miles per ride average
- The 214,000 feet of climbing was 50,000 less than last year
There is no doubt that riding down here in Folsom is easier than up in Shingle Springs, and the mileage numbers reflect that. The increase occurred organically, meaning I didn't intend to ride more this year; it just happened. In fact, I think I said last year that 5,000 miles was too much, and here I was flirting with 6,000.
In 2024 I don't expect anything to change. It's pretty easy to ride 500 miles a month here, so I expect to be around 6,000 miles again.
Later.
