Closing out the books on 2018 - Monday, 12/31/2018

I had hoped to ride outside today to close out the year, and could have bundled up against the cold, as my coldest outside ride to date is a nippy 17°. But we are enjoying a daylong rain, and I refuse to ride in a cold rain.

So I went to LA Fitness again, and did a good, brisk 90 minutes on the stationary bike, to finish the year with 3520.9 miles. The mileage compares favorably with 2016, when I had 3572.4, and is well ahead of the 3020.6 miles I rode in 2017. (In 2015 I only rode 2423.8, but that is because I didn't even get my first trike until that May.)

I am troubled by the fact that I only had 121 rides outside this year. Throw in the 120 times I rode inside this year, and I still come up with a total of only 241, which is well short of what I like to think of myself as doing (roughly 6 times/week, for a total of 312).

My original goal for this year had been 4000 miles. I think if I could have been more disciplined this year and not taken so many days off, I would have had a good shot at it. Well—here's to a renewed effort in 2019!