If you follow this blog or any of my socials, you know that I finished up the 2025 Great Cycle Challenge at the end of September.
There is still plenty of time to donate if you'd like to help fight childhood cancer. You can do that on my rider page:
https://greatcyclechallenge.com/riders/EricShepard.
During the month, I logged 49 outdoor rides along with 1 indoor one for a total of 1,210 miles. On those rides, I climbed a total of 52,769 vertical feet.
More importantly, I raised $3,384 for cancer research, thanks to all my generous sponsors.
Another successful GCC!
As you know if you've been following along, I'm riding 1200 miles this month as part of the Great Cycle Challenge.
If you'd like to help out with a donation ... here is my rider page:
https://greatcyclechallenge.com/riders/EricShepard
I've been doing this thing every year for the past 10 years and over that time have collected quite of few GCC Jerseys.
As of a couple days ago, I've taken selfies of all these jerseys (other than 2016, which doesn't fit me and is now in my wife's closet).
Here are those photos:
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| 2025 Jersey |
Here it is ... September already.
As you know if you follow me at all, I'll be cycling 1,200 miles in September to help raise awareness and money to fight childhood cancer.
It is called the Great Cycle Challenge.
It blows my mind that we've already passed the ides of March. The year seems to be flying by.
I know that I'm the only one who really cares, but I have not mentioned any 2025 cycling goals on this blog yet.
In the past few years, I've probably overshared how much cycling I do and how I'm tracking towards various mileage and elevation goals.
I have not done that at all so far this year.
I have these 2025 goals. I just have not taken the time to "share" them.
Again, no one really cares other than myself, but I do like to have these to go back and look at from time to time.
So now, here I am posting my 2025 Cycling Goals.
Well ... after my #1200MileSeptember ... I'm running so far ahead of the pace I need to accomplish my 2024 Strava goals ... #7100MilesIn2024 and #11EverestsIn2024, that I'm not even sure it makes sense to talk about them being goals.
I've ridden 6,311 miles so far this year, which means I only need 789 miles over the rest of the year to hit #7100MilesIn2024. That's only 263 miles per month.
I've gained 325,183 feet in elevation so far, which means I only need 27,169 feet over the next 3 months. That's an average of only 9,056 feet per month.
I don't know the last time I've cycled that little in a month.
Now, I'm on pace to blow away my new Strava elevation goal, 348,384 (which is 12 x 29,032 feet).
If I continue on my mileage pace, I should be able to get way more than 7,200 miles.
I'm getting towards the end of my Great Cycle Challenge. As I type this, I still have just over 200 miles, which is a pretty big distance to bike, but I've ridden over 1000 miles.
You can donate or follow along at my fundraising page at:
https://greatcyclechallenge.com/riders/EricShepard
Back in August, I posted photos of myself wearing GCC Jerseys 2016 -2024 minus 2016, which actually fits my wife much better.
Over the last 8 days, I've been wearing these jerseys and taking selfies of myself again. I thought I'd post them here.
I'm running way ahead of the pace I need to accomplish my 2024 Strava goals ... #7100MilesIn2024 and #11EverestsIn2024.
In fact, I'm on pace to blow away my new Strava elevation goal, 348,384 (which is 12 x 29,032 feet).
If I continue on my mileage pace, I should be able to get more than 7,200 miles.
