All right, gang, check your entries in the mileage thread and think back on your year. How did you do? Did you set goals, did you meet them? Did you learn, were you happy?

I'm posting this a little early because today will be my last bike commute of the year. I've noticed a few people in the "how was your ride" thread mentioning it's their last. For a lot of people, this might be the last calendar week of work.

For myself, I had not resolved, but had guesstimated, that I'd have 1000 commuting miles this year, which would have been about 90 work days. In fact I had 765 miles, or 60-something days. I missed a solid month in the summer and a few other weeks here and there due to injuries. My wife started a business, so scheduling day care for our toddler became a challenge. In that regard, the second part of the year was helped immensely by the employment of a reliable part-time nanny.

The most positive thing for me this year in the bike world, was that I got my mountain bike out of cargo/tug configuration and back into a MTB, which allowed me to find some different and more challenging routes to work. The MTB was freed up by aquisition, build, and commission of my weird Cannondale cyclocross bike for regular commuting, which has also been a pleasure. It's materialistic, I know, but but these have helped me keep up my initiative to ride.