New Years Resolution: how many miles?
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@acl 39345 wrote:
I see that Dave has found my hill. He rode up it much, much faster than I do. :confused:
I can do better. I’ll hit it next time I’m down there. Got to get as high up as I can before Tim beats me back down to earth.
“But if you really want to know– the hill is on Belle View Boulevard, south of Alexandria (22306) from Fort Hunt Road to Quander Road.”
That’s a good hill. I’ve driven up it many times.
@JoeB 39495 wrote:
Hi everybody – brand new to this forum, and relatively new to cycling (started about four months ago). I’ve only been averaging 21 miles a week since then, according to Strava, but that accounts for a couple weeks of zero riding based on work travel and some recent frustrations with IT band syndrome. So I’ll pick a 1000 mile goal for my resolution, and privately hope to go way beyond that. Maybe double it if I can start bike commuting!
Welcome! Rock on!
@JoeB 39495 wrote:
Hi everybody – brand new to this forum, and relatively new to cycling (started about four months ago). I’ve only been averaging 21 miles a week since then, according to Strava, but that accounts for a couple weeks of zero riding based on work travel and some recent frustrations with IT band syndrome. So I’ll pick a 1000 mile goal for my resolution, and privately hope to go way beyond that. Maybe double it if I can start bike commuting!
Welcome, always great to have another neighbor on the bike!
Where would you be commuting to?
@consularrider 39531 wrote:
Welcome, always great to have another neighbor on the bike!
Where would you be commuting to?
Thanks! I work at Thomas Circle, so the actual bike riding part of my commuting plan is pretty straightforward. The problem (as always) is getting the logistics sorted out and breaking out of all the network effects that have locked me into commuting by car. I picked up a solid commuting bike in December, and just need to add lights & fenders and get a bag for the rear rack and then I think the hardware should be good to go. I’m a member at a gym across the street from my office (Balance – great spinning classes there, btw), so while it may take a while to get the office shower arrangement worked out I’m hoping to get started with a “once a week” plan just using the showers at the gym. (Which happen to be under construction right now, but are supposed to be back online soon.)
Small confession: when I first got this job back in 2005 I actually managed to bike it to the office several times a week (sometimes every day) for about the first three months. Then I ended up spending about six months working at a client site in Alexandria, with weird hours and random meetings outside the office – which was basically that first small crack rock of car commuting such that I never got myself back into a bike commuting routine to get downtown. Until now…
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