Originally Posted by
tarwheel
Hey mgw4jc,
Are you gonna top the magic number of 5,000 commuting miles by the end of the year? You're getting awfully close but the weather has been awful here. At the beginning of December, I figured that I had a good chance of topping 5K if the weather dried out. Hah! It has turned out to be one of wettest Decembers on record here and has rained nearly every day of the month. I have somehow managed to top 700 total miles for the month but that's because I've done a lot of long rides on the weekends. My commuting has been a disaster this month, and it's rained nearly every work day.
I just saw your update over on the mileage thread. I had updated my mileage on Sunday, but someone else overwrote it. I just fixed it. As of Sunday I only needed about 20 miles to hit 5000. That is less than a full round trip commute. So, yes, I hit it on Monday.
Originally Posted by
RidingMatthew
@
tarwheel i wish that i had some comp time I could have ridden after it moved on 30 minutes to an hour would have been perfect.
I was prepping to ride this morning but pouring rain, wind gusts 10-20 mph, and 42F so I just decided to drive. I hope I can make it to my next mileage goal by the end of the year.
34 miles to 4700 for the year!
I've been pretty lucky with the rain until this morning. Yesterday morning I waited an extra five minutes and it stopped, but I rode on wet streets. Today it wasn't raining when I left and it looked like it wouldn't start for a bit. And it didn't start for about 35 minutes. My commute is about 50 minutes. The last 3.5 or so miles was in a steady rain.
I was totally soaked when I got to the office. I can't remember being this wet when getting to work. Luckily it wasn't too cold at about 60F. I wrung my shirt out in the bathroom and could have filled up my water bottle halfway or so. My shorts seemed pretty dry though.
We are under a flood watch until Thursday morning. I very well may be calling my wife for a rain rescue this afternoon.