…..as of yesterday, I have ridden a total of 202 miles for the month of February and I still have 4 days left! That’s a little over 60 miles a week, for the first three weeks and 14 out of 24 days. If things go as planned, I will finish out the month with a total of 250 miles. I took the past two days off to give my legs a rest for the final push. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Officially, it is the most miles I have ridden in a single month. My previous best was 172 (July ‘04).

I know it may sound strange getting fired up over 200 miles, some roadies put in 200 a week, but when I look back at this next year, I hope to be laughing my ass off at how excited I “was” about hitting the 200 mile mark…….. by then I hope to be doing 300 to 400 a month…… Then again, I might just look back at that last comment and ask myself “what the hell were you thinking?” We’ll just have to wait and see……… until then I’m going to ride as often as I can, as far as my legs will carry me and as long as the weather will allow.

Also, I found a nice long route close to the house. It will range anywhere from a 25 to 35 mile route depending on which variation I choose to ride. It’s lightly traveled on the weekends and the roads are in pretty good shape, considering they’re County roads. The route is fairly flat at the beginning and end with two moderate Hills in the middle. It has some nice rollers as well, if I chose the longer route.

One other note: 172 days smoke free!!

-blanca