2022 biking goals

A similar story here — 2018 was my first (partial) year of biking, after 25 years off a bike — and my best year despite starting only on March 18th — hit 4,032 miles.
2019 saw a bit of drop – 3,296; I started dating near the end of that year, and, well… so it goes. I looked ahead to 2020 seeing me crest 10,000 cumulative miles.
2020 Covid hit, dating continued, and 100% telework / no office commute –turned out the commute was a huge driver to being on the bike more– resulted in a paltry 877 miles. Can’t get worse, right!?
Except 2021. 412 miles. Dating was behind me by then, and some return to office was also in place — but my zeal for riding, from before, had evaporated.
2022 – Year to date has continued the 2021 trend — I’m at a comical 280 miles. I try to blame the heat this year — yet, I biked heavily through 2 hot summers before Covid, so heat probably isn’t the best excuse in my case.
So a goal — hmmm. I’d like to use Sep-Dec to exceed 2021’s miles. Then sustain that into early 2023 and get back into the 4-digit annual figures!

@CaseyKane50 219729 wrote:

Come join us at a coffee club. Info on current locations near you. http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?7078-Weekly-Coffee-Gatherings&p=219640#post219640

We can have some more Chris Trifectas!

I hit my highest post-retirement milage in 2021 with 10,298 miles and in spite of everything involved with our move back to Arlington last week I should be close again in 2022. I’m pretty sure Chris W is ahead of me.

@ChristoB50 219728 wrote:

A similar story here — 2018 was my first (partial) year of biking, after 25 years off a bike — and my best year despite starting only on March 18th — hit 4,032 miles.
2019 saw a bit of drop – 3,296; I started dating near the end of that year, and, well… so it goes. I looked ahead to 2020 seeing me crest 10,000 cumulative miles.
2020 Covid hit, dating continued, and 100% telework / no office commute –turned out the commute was a huge driver to being on the bike more– resulted in a paltry 877 miles. Can’t get worse, right!?
Except 2021. 412 miles. Dating was behind me by then, and some return to office was also in place — but my zeal for riding, from before, had evaporated.
2022 – Year to date has continued the 2021 trend — I’m at a comical 280 miles. I try to blame the heat this year — yet, I biked heavily through 2 hot summers before Covid, so heat probably isn’t the best excuse in my case.
So a goal — hmmm. I’d like to use Sep-Dec to exceed 2021’s miles. Then sustain that into early 2023 and get back into the 4-digit annual figures!

For 2023 you should join Freezing Saddles. For many that has been a great motivator. And we would love to have you! (And not just for the awesome National Cathedral tours)

I’m a little late to the 2022 biking goals post, but my goal for the next year is to ride all the streets in Springfield and Franconia. Jan