Biking - year to date
By Tuesday, will have put down 2500km this year (on Lucky alone, already broken when all bikes are considered).
Longest ride: 413km in 24 hours ( http://www.randonneurs.bc.ca/galleries/gal_2009/fleche_alex.html ).
Hilliest ride: twice up Mount Seymour, 87km, 2763m of climbing. Got chased by an insane fawn who sniffed my knee.
Vague goal for the year: Explore feasibility of riding Harper Road up to the peak of Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. If it is nicely paved, three peaks in one day: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Vancouver-3-peaks though I should probably throw in an extra 10k or so just to round it out to 200km. Buy these socks and wear them proudly if I do this ride. Perhaps buy these socks anyways and not allow myself to wear them until I do this ride, so they can serve as a reminder of my shame if I don't! I don't like that there are bears up the mountains, though.
Vague goal for some year: ride 10 Megameters (10,000 km). I would probably have to track my distance on all bikes to manage this. Works out to 27.4 km/day, every day. This is plausible with a 10k each way commute that I don't ever wuss out on, plus some long weekend rides.
Other stuff: one more year of school (FOREVER!!!), doing a second internship at the same GIS company and liking it a lot. I'm going to take compilers next year!
Longest ride: 413km in 24 hours ( http://www.randonneurs.bc.ca/galleries/gal_2009/fleche_alex.html ).
Hilliest ride: twice up Mount Seymour, 87km, 2763m of climbing. Got chased by an insane fawn who sniffed my knee.
Vague goal for the year: Explore feasibility of riding Harper Road up to the peak of Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. If it is nicely paved, three peaks in one day: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Vancouver-3-peaks though I should probably throw in an extra 10k or so just to round it out to 200km. Buy these socks and wear them proudly if I do this ride. Perhaps buy these socks anyways and not allow myself to wear them until I do this ride, so they can serve as a reminder of my shame if I don't! I don't like that there are bears up the mountains, though.
Vague goal for some year: ride 10 Megameters (10,000 km). I would probably have to track my distance on all bikes to manage this. Works out to 27.4 km/day, every day. This is plausible with a 10k each way commute that I don't ever wuss out on, plus some long weekend rides.
Other stuff: one more year of school (FOREVER!!!), doing a second internship at the same GIS company and liking it a lot. I'm going to take compilers next year!