2015 - THAT'S A WRAP!
This morning I went out under unpleasant, but not intolerable conditions—29° that left the fingers and toes tingling, but thankfully no wind to speak of, and all under sullen, heavy gray skies—to do my last ride of the year. I allowed myself to settle for a single round trip to Marsh Park, and with the concluding loop in our complex when I got home, this gave me 10 miles in a sluggish 1 hour and 8 minutes.
This brought my 2015 totals to 2423.8 miles in an elapsed time of 269 hours and 51 minutes, for a pace of 6:40 per mile, or a speed of a little slower than 9 mph (8.98, to be precise). This is certainly not a good speed—when he first saw my trike, my friend Kristian raised his eyebrows and opined (mistakenly), "Looks pretty fast!" But given the weight of the cycle and the way it is geared, I don't seem to be able to do much better than 10 mph even when I'm really pushing myself. And I know that my average speed this year was dragged down by some pretty slow rides in the early weeks.
Since this year I didn't even get the trike until May 2, I'm thinking that next year, with a full year in which to ride, 3000 miles should be relatively easy. In fact, I'd like to reach that plateau by the end of September, in order to give myself at least a shot at 4000. But, we'll see.
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