Year-End Retrospective, Part 2

"Lifetime" Miles
17	1,202	79,551.0	5,395.7	14.74	66.2
year	# rides	miles	hrs.frac	pace	mi. / ride
2004	38	1,176.2	86.5	13.60	31.0
2005	37	1,265.5	91.8	13.78	34.2
2006	58	2,484.9	167.0	14.88	42.8
2007	79	3,530.5	221.3	15.95	44.7
2008	82	3,765.3	234.5	16.05	45.9
2009	126	6,216.7	393.8	15.78	49.3
2010	112	7,559.5	504.7	14.98	67.5
2011	113	9,204.8	614.3	14.98	81.5
2012	104	9,208.6	616.9	14.93	88.5
2013	61	6,528.3	443.4	14.72	107.0
2014	77	5,572.2	375.5	14.84	72.4
2015	60	5,031.7	346.8	14.51	83.9
2016	49	3,199.0	231.7	13.81	65.3
2017	45	3,749.6	272.7	13.75	83.3
2018	57	4,537.3	322.4	14.07	79.6
2019	47	3,961.6	285.0	13.90	84.3
2020	57	2,559.3	187.1	13.68	44.9

 

Short "Lifetime" it is. 

• in recent years, I've only been avg'ing approx 4 rides a month, 
• but that doesn't count commute or errand rides, typically less than 2 miles each, 
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• 2020 -- fewest total miles since 2006, 
• 2020 -- shortest avg ride length since 2007, 
• 2020 -- slowest avg pace since 2004. 
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• However, the 2020 rides do include a lot of sidewalk miles at the start and finish of most rides, and riding on the sidewalk is slower than riding on the smooth street surfaces.  

 

Favorite ride of the year (without thinking about it too much) -- the candidates are: 

• Solstice ride. 
• July 9th. 
• Late November 100+ kms in 39/14 gearing. 
• A no-hurry Falls Lake Loop. 
  

 

Favorite photo(s) of the year -- the candidates are: 

• January + February brevet-pops -- 3 rides, 2 pics there. 
• A pond pic -- several pics, some of which could qualify, e.g., 
• this one. 
  
• Abandoned building.  

 

Short rides are nice and quick, but I am currently (early January-2021) missing the feelings from the longer rides -- not to mention some of the sights from my favorite long rides.  I hope to do some longer rides again in 2021 -- whether they be solo or with others, or "with" "others" -- whether they be rando or "club" or informal groupings. 

 

And that is about as much retrospective thinking as I can muster. 

That's my story, and I think I'll be sticking to it.