I added it up ...
Over the Christmas holiday week (Dec 27-Jan3: 8 days), I cycled outside every day. That's the first 8-day stretch I've done since Sep 27-Oct 4, 2012.
I wanted to do this for a number of reasons including:
-- I miss cycling regularly. Because we live in such a hilly area, it can be difficult to get up the motivation to ride after work, so we end up riding on weekends and maybe one day during the week. I had the time off and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to ride as much as possible.
-- I wanted to ride all the possible (plausible) routes from home (no driving involved) to a) get comfortable with them, and b) see if I could find a good one or two to do in an evening. I may have found one decent 20 km route, and would still like to explore a few other options on coming weekends.
-- I wanted to challenge myself.
One of the following rides was relatively flat, the rest varied between about 400 and 600 metres of climbing per ride.
21.500
33.180
27.200
26.300
42.230
38.400 - flat ride, and only one which involved driving
52.060 - 613 metres of climbing
32.800
Total: 273.670 km
Today, I am back at work, so I'll rest a bit ... but I'm actually looking forward to riding again soon!
