Reflections at the end of 2022
Unlike my two previous Reflections at the end of... posts, this one includes a year-by-year summary of my biking since I got my bike in 2009.
This has been a year of health challenges I had never previously encountered (Health Report - September 13, 2022 and Health Report - December 16, 2022). The following alternate lyrics to When You Wish Upon A Star certainly apply:
Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and screws you through
Because of those health challenges I took only one multi-day trip, October 11-13, 2022 - Hudson, NY, my first since November 2021. The map below shows the thirteen multi-day trips I've taken since October 2020. The trip I took this year is shown in brown at the top of the map. You can find links to my blog posts about these trips through this page: Multi-Day Trips
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| Multi-day trips October 2020-December 2022 |
I made two changes to my gear this year: removing the insoles from my shoes (Gear Update - January 26, 2022) and building my second pair of wheels, to be used for touring (Gear Update - April 7, 2022).
Despite the challenges to my health and having taken only one multi-day trip, I rode 2015 miles this year, a little more than half of the 3806 miles I rode last year. In early December I planned my next three-day trip, in Connecticut and Massachusetts. I had hoped there would be three consecutive days warm enough (above 40F) and without rain during sufficient daylight hours to take that trip before the end of the year, but that did not happen. Encouraged by how I felt both during and after my trip in October and by my improving health, I look forward to many trips in 2023.
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Here's a summary of the biking I've done over the last thirteen years (approximately 24,000 miles). This information can be found on the page Summary of My Biking Since 2009 which I plan to update at the end of each year.
2009
Bought 1989 Centurion Ironman road bike from my brother Greg, July 10
Started riding around Central Park, October 26, after bike arrived mid-October
Many rides around Central Park and to clients in Manhattan
Committed to riding through the winter no matter how cold it was as long as the roads were clear of ice and snow, which I've done every year since then, all the way down to seven degrees Fahrenheit
2010
Many rides around Central Park and to clients in Manhattan
Started to ride with cleated shoes in November
2011-2015
Many rides around Central Park and to clients in Manhattan
2016
Three-day trip of 120 miles to West Point, NY, May 28-30, my first multi-day trip in 40 years
Started using RideWithGPS on my phone for both navigation and recording, July 10
Many rides of about 40 miles to Alpine, NJ, July-December
Three-day trip of 150 miles to Hackettstown, NJ, July 2-4
Two-day trip of 83 miles to Haverstraw, NY, August 17-18
2017
Many rides of about 40 miles to Alpine, NJ, May-December
Ride of 25 miles to Fort Lee, NJ, to watch start of Gran Fondo New York (GFNY), May 21
Registered for next year's GFNY, May 22
Three-day trip of 152 miles to Hackettstown, NJ, May 27-29
Two-day trip of 110 miles Haverstraw, NY, June 21-22
2477 total miles
2018
Ride of 83 miles from Garrison to home, including second half of GFNY route, May 1
Ride of 59 miles to Peekskill, including first half of GFNY route, May 4
Ride 72 miles from Garrison to home, including second half of GFNY route, May 8
Ride 60 miles from Garrison to home, including second half of GFNY route, May 15
100-mile Gran Fondo New York completed in 8 hours 55 minutes 30 seconds, May 20
Two-day trip of 159 miles to New Windsor, NY, June 18-19
Two-day trip of 126 miles to Norwalk, CT, June 25-26
Started to plan my 4,500-mile 90-day trip for next summer, June 27
Many rides of 40 to 80 miles in July and August
Three-day trip of 153 miles to Beaver Pond Campground to test my camping gear, September 22-24
Four-day trip of 308 miles to Lancaster, PA, October 5-8, carrying all the gear I planned to carry on my 4,500-mile 90-day trip next summer, as proof of concept for that trip
Started this blog, November 25
4384 total miles
2019
Rides to Newark, NJ, to plan the start of 90-day trip of 4,500 miles, January 16, February 4, March 11, March 25
Crashed, March 25 (Planning: Itinerary (Update))
Riding minimally while healing from crash for one month
Rides of 30 to 72 miles, April 23 and May 3, 6, 8, and 15
Two-day trip of 100 miles to Beaver Pond Campground, May 20-21, to test camping gear
90-day trip of 4,500 miles (May 28-August 25, 2019 - Big Loop)
Two-day trip of 126 miles to Beaver Pond Campground, September 25-26
6871 total miles
2020
COVID-19 shutdown, March 22
Rides outside of Manhattan of 26 to 71 miles: three in June, two in July, three in September
Three multi-day trips: one each month October through December (Multi-Day Trips)
3039 total miles
2021
Ten multi-day trips: one each month except February and December (Multi-Day Trips)
3806 total miles
2022
Health challenges starting February 14th severally limiting my riding (Health Report - September 13, 2022 and Health Report - December 16, 2022)
Building of second set of wheels (Gear Update - April 7, 2022)
Ride of 21 miles to GW Bridge, August 25 (first ride of 20 miles or more since November 2021)
Ride of 40 miles to Alpine, NJ, September 27 (longest ride since November 2021)
Three-day trip of 177 miles to Hudson, NY, October 11-13 (Multi-Day Trips)
2015 total miles
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