Kitty
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Remember everyone! Anything can happen between now at 12:59pm!
On a personal spin (ha!), I couldn’t be happier with this year’s NBC. I managed to finish up the year with 2,300 miles-even!
Each year my goal has been to do a little better. Two years ago it was to just hit Gold, last year was to hit Platinum and 1,000 miles–and I ended up getting a little over 1,300. This year I set out to do a bit better and shot for 1,500.
In the end I got nearly 1,000 more miles than last year, snagged Diamond (first time!), and most surprising to me, rode 147/153 days! 😎
Thank you for all of the great opportunities to ride (those happy hours add up!), companionship, and motivation! This summer has been a blast!
(And tomorrow my bike goes into maintenance mode…)
YES! I DID IT!!! With today’s commute I cracked 5,000 points to hit “Diamond” for the first time!
That means I made both my mileage goal (2,000) and points goal with a week to spare!
Oh man, I use those bike lanes in Crystal City all the time! Now that there is that nice Potomac Trail from Braddock through Potomac Yard and up to Crystal City I use those as my primary means to connect back to the MVT.
The idea of sharing the lane with those transit buses without the safety (at least in my head) of a bike lane to demarcate “bike goes here” and “bus goes there” is horrifying.
I agree that the rain made this year particularly hard. It meant much longer rest stop breaks than I prefer, causing my muscles to cool down (and making it had to chase Boomer, Bruno, and the other marshals pictured when they sped through some late lights. (Fortunately they waited for their charges… most of the time) :p
All of that aside though, this was my third time doing it, and my first time with a group! It made the slog all the better to roll with the same crew from start to finish, and then to meet up with the other forum folks at the end! I’m so glad I got into this community and met so many people, and then was able to ride with them on this.
Despite the “DAMNIT BOOMER” tally reaching 6, thank you sir for your marshaling and letting me ride with you! In conditions like that, on a ride like that, it really meant a lot to me to have someone on the road ahead to follow after, even if it meant chasing sometimes.
