14,206. Fourteen thousand, two hundred and six. One four two zero six. Over half way around the globe. That's how many miles I've covered from January 1, 2009 to December 7, 2009. By bicycle ( Read more... )

MonthMilesKilometresJan-April3174.7 mi5109.19 kmMay1272.00 mi2047.09 kmYTD4446.7 mi7156.27 km

Tour de Redmond has started, so again... the commute challenge is on. This time I will be commuting the entire time, bar one or two days for recovery from Flying Wheels Century and the Seattle To Portland classic.

I'm not sure why the MapMyRide software can't pick up the extra climbing, but it doesn't.

Statistics:
MapMyRide - 7 Hills of Kirkland
Climbing: 7000+ ft of climbing according to the website. 4,400 ft of climbing according to MapMyRide. It felt more like 7000 ft and I know MapMyRide will not pick up the rolling hills in its counter.
Distance: ( Read more... )

We're about half way through Bike to Work month, and some strange, strange things have happened as a result of my biking and logging it all on my twitter feed ( Read more... )

MonthMilesKilometresJan-March2252.14 mi3624.47 kmApril922.56 mi1484.72 kmYTD3174.7 mi5109.19 kmIn May I am taking part of the group health challenge for biking to work. The rules are that it's supposed to be your USUAL commute. Lucky for me, my usual commute is around the lake, and I'm fit enough and have been riding enough to be able to handle ( Read more... )

MonthMilesKilometresJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmMarch906 mi1458 kmApril228 mi367 kmLast night I went rock climbing for the first time in a long time. To say it was different to rock climbing in Australia is a pretty big understatement ( Read more... )

MonthMilesKilometresJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmMarch906 mi1458 km

YTD: 2252.14 mi (3 624.47 km)
Equivalent distance: Perth, WA to Yass, NSW.

MonthMilesKilometersJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmTotal1346.4 mi2167 km

REI's dividends apparently hit the registers today. I'm looking forward to getting a bicycle repair stand more than anything else.

Saturday
( Snowboarding at Crystal (awesome photos) )

I'm going to break my usual tradition of not putting personally identifiable information up on this blog as a pat on the back is in order. Denis is the DR I mention in this post.

Congratulations to Denis, who ran his Austin marathon in 26.36 mi in 3 hours, 45 minutes. The average marathon time in 2005 was 4:32:08 for men, so Denis came in well ( Read more... )