25,000 Miles
So this morning's 35.60 mile ride puts me over 25,000 miles —25,031.23 to be exact, since I started keeping a cycling log in 1995. At the same time this also puts me over 20,000 miles riding outdoors.
It was in July of 2004 that I hit 20,000 Miles and predicted that I would hit 25K at the end of 2006. I've ridden a lot indoors this year or I would have likely been far closer to being off by a half-a-year otherwise. But looking back, now is about right as I've been pretty much averaging 2,000 mile per year of late. I'm hoping to be more in the 3,000 range this year, but we'll see. So 2K per year should put 30K on the calendar somewhere around early 2009 if I can work on increasing my yearly mileage…which —as I mentioned, is something I hope to do this year.