I’ve been trying to squeeze more miles in where I can. I started commuting July 19th last year. At the 6th month point I was at exactly 1000 miles. I took to many days off during spring semester so now I need 300 more miles to reach 2000 for the year… I already set my goal for 3000 next year, but I need to concentrate on finishing this one out strong.

I have added 2 miles each way to my commute. I gave my brother a bike to entice him and me out a couple evenings. My whole family was in town for the 4th so I squeezed in 35 miles with them. But I only work 3 days this week and 4 next and I won’t be able to get any miles in this weekend. So next weekend the weather needs to cooperate because I have to ride a century!

Oh yeah, today’s commute was awesome! My fastest non-wind aided commute at 19.5mph! Not a cloud in the sky, no wind, and only 60F. It was great!

I told myself that I wasn’t going to push it on the way home so I stayed off of my aero bars and caught a lot of wind and basically took it easy. Then with 4 miles to go I looked at my average speed… and the race was on. I dropped into a tuck, which is good for 2mph and I managed to pull my 16.9mph up to a 17.6mph average. So much for taking it easy.