If you saw my posts about the Great Cycle Challenge, you know that 1000 of those miles were in June, and I hardly did any riding at all before May.
Seeing those numbers, I thought something like ... "I can ride 5,000 miles in a year ... easy".
("easy" might be stretching it)
This is a leap year ... so 5,000 miles is only 13.7 miles a day.
That's only like 96 miles per week.
Less than 420 miles per month.
I think it fair that if I commit to riding 5,000 miles, I should be allowed to count miles on stationary bikes at the gym, but I want the vast majority of these mile to be outside.
Easy.
("easy" might be stretching it)
I'm going for it. 5,000 miles in 2020. Assuming that I stay healthy and my equipment doesn't fail me, it should be a challenge, but certainly not something that will be too overly difficult.
Since I want to do most of this outside on an actual bike, and Colorado weather can be less than ideal for outdoor riding in the Winter months, I am planning to do more riding in warmer months and less in colder months.
Here is how I expect to break it up:
| January | 300 miles | 300 ytd | ||
| February | 350 miles | 650 ytd | ||
| March | 350 miles | 1000 ytd | ||
| April | 400 miles | 1400 ytd | ||
| May | 600 miles | 2000 ytd | ||
| June | 1000 miles | 3000 ytd | ||
| July | 600 miles | 3600 ytd | ||
| August | 400 miles | 4000 ytd | ||
| September | 350 miles | 4350 ytd | ||
| October | 350 miles | 4700 ytd | ||
| November | 300 miles | 5000 ytd | ||
| December | 0 miles | 5000 ytd |
For what it is worth ... so far in January ... I'm well on track to hit the 300 miles I'm targeting for the month. As I type this, I'm over 120 miles so far for the month and for the year.
There's a long way to go, but it should be pretty easy.
("easy" might be stretching it)
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