If it were commuting only, would you participate? I, for one, would like to see you in this year.

Personally, I think it's more interesting to make it commuting miles since this is, after all, the commuting forum. Otherwise, it's just another mileage thread and there are lots of those around. Besides, several dozen posters in the road and long distance forums put up over 10000 miles/year and if they started posting here, they'd blow away the commuters pretty quickly. On the other hand, just tracking commuting miles is hard unless commuting is 100% of your riding or you have a bike w/ computer dedicated to the task. Also, there's all kinds of hair splitting involved with commuting miles. For example, is taking the "scenic" route home from work commuting or recreation? Does running errands while on a recreational ride make it a commute? Then there are those who put in their total miles regardless, so the list becomes a mixture of the two systems. Tracking total miles removes these ambiguities.

Perhaps we could include both figures in the list. Something like:

jeffpoulin_____ 24.5 (81.9 total)

to indicate 24.5 commuting miles and 81.9 for the year. The list order could be by commuting miles to keep the spirit of the thread about commuting.

K'Tesh, what do you think? It's your thread this year, so it's your call.