31 days of riding, October 2017

[Schmed]

I turned 50 in September and got a crazy idea one morning... "I'm going to ride every day in October". I didn't have a great year of riding as we are short-handed at work and I've been doing a fair amount of travel.

Many were short, one was long, a little mountain, some cross, some road, some singlespeed.

Weather included a lot of wind (all of it HEAD wind, of course :butt:), some rain, some snow, some sun.

We are super busy at work, so some rides were late, and I picked short rides, off the main road with steep climbs to make sure they were "worthy" of being called a "ride". I had two pit-bull encounters, but none involved aggressiveness, thankfully. I saw racoons, many many deer, a massive herd of elk, one rattlesnake, and a few mice.

Stats:

31 rides
37 hours
405 miles
32,385 feet of climbing
Longest ride: 55 miles / 6200' of climbing
Shortest ride: 4.3 miles (freezing rain turning to snow)
3 different bikes (IF cross bike, Scott fatbike, Kona 29er SS)
8 charges of my bike light (Amoeba)
1 flat tire

Locations include:
Golden, CO
Kenosha Pass, CO
Moab, UT
Cortez, CO
Denver, CO
Boulder, CO
Castle Rock, CO

Pictures:

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[gasman]

Congratulations

Color me jealous

Very nice photos

Thanks for posting

[Matthew]

Yeah, great pics. Now that is some mountain biking!! Incredible scenery. Would love to hit the trails out west some day.

[jasonification]

That's awesome! Kudos!

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[kppolich]

That's awesome. Ride streaks are awesome, and even better with pics and stats. Congrats

[sitzmark]

Where's the kudos button. <<KUDOS!>> :banana:

Easy to imagine how enjoyable each ride was from the pics you selected.

[Miller76]

Great effort, very motivating!! 30 days of zwifting in November doesn’t quite have the same ring does it?! Great photos [emoji482]


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[Schmed]

Thanks guys. There was only one day that I really dreaded riding. It was after a very long day of work, kid's school banquet, and it was 9:45 at night, dark and rainy. But like just about every ride, when the ride is over, you are glad you went!

[Vientomas]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing :)

[ajhapps]

Wow, kudos! Every day on a bike is a great day, and you had a great MONTH!

[soulspinner]

Great job! I need a November like this.

[shovelhd]

Very tough to do this when you're still working and can't commute to work. Nice job.

[weisan]

Now that's the way to do it.

Not every ride has to be a sufferfest, or a fashion show, or Perfect.

It!s a freakin' bike designed for people to jump on and GO!

[Gothard]

That is the best picture for me. True dedication, to a personal cause.

[PaMtbRider]

Congrats! Great photos too.

[zlin]

:hello::hello: well done!

[Schmed]

Thanks, everyone.

I know a guy that gets 11,000 miles in per year, so I realize this isn't heroic, but it was fun to finish up that goal!

Now... back to reality. I have a buddy that has ridden or ran every single day for the past 8 or so years! YEARS! He's nuts, but a good friend. Sometimes, we'll meet for a group ride at 7 am, and he's already got a 5 mile run in by then. He's been chased by mountain lions, sprayed by skunks, etc. Now THAT's dedication!

Thinking about riding after work tonight.... :banana:

[Drmojo]

when a buddy of mine turned 40:
He rode 40 miles
Ran 40 K
Swam 4000 yards

I MIGHT have been able to do that when I turned 30...

[gdw]

Good job and great pictures. It looks like you missed peak foliage at Kenosha but those views are still spectacular.

[Schmed]

Good job and great pictures. It looks like you missed peak foliage at Kenosha but those views are still spectacular.

Yes - I missed peak foliage but I did get peak wind gusts! Lots of trees blown across the trail that day. Plus, I was wearing a brown bike jersey during elk hunting season!

[tiretrax]

Great job, and welcome to the club.

[bigbill]

I pick a month a year to ride everyday. Last year is was August which was dumb being in NE Texas and all. This year it was May and I rode 1005 mostly flat miles with some really dull scenery. Your month was better.

[Seramount]

logged my first 1,000-mile month in Sept...

doesn't sound that hard at 33 miles/day unless you take a day or two off.

then things start getting more difficult.

[Wilkinson4]

As someone who turned 50 and has not been riding for much of the same reasons, a tip of a cap to you!

Mike