This was never going to be a huge year for me statistically, and breaking my leg at the start of November didn’t help. With the last two months of 2024 wiped out by injury, I finished the season with only 3,678 miles of cycling. That ranks 18th out of 21 seasons and is my lowest total since 2006. I did 141 rides this year, so my per-ride total was 26.09 miles. That’s almost 10% below my career average of 28.79. Here’s my 2024 mileage breakdown, month-by-month:
No personal records there! My only PR in 2024 came from walking: 554 miles, smashing the old mark of 463 miles that I set in 2021. For 2025, I will shoot for another 500 miles of walking for fitness. On the bike, I will look for another 3,161 miles, half of what I still need to reach 100,000 lifetime miles. If that seems like a low target, then consider that I still haven’t gotten back on the bike since my surgery. I don’t know how my body is going to respond. It could be months before I find out. I might be a strictly fair-weather cyclist from now on: no more cold, no more wet. There’s a really good chance I won’t ride outdoors before April or after October. And, at least right now, I have no plans to dust off the turbo trainer.
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