Cycling 2014

A challenge to start the year, “ride every day” – I didn’t read about it until [2014-01-02 Thu] and thought I was immediately disqualified, but the person laying down the challenge said it started from [2014-01-04 Sat] so I took him up on it. Made it a whole 15 days before reality intervened in the form of a trip away to visit family. Sunday seems to be my day of rest, the rest is mostly made of my short commute and trips to the shops, with a few more interesting rides thrown in. The other challenge is my annual goal of 5200km, one I’ve struggled to meet for the last few years.

This year for the first time in a while I came very close to making my goal – one last ride on New Year’s Eve had me within striking distance. Depending on whether you rely on Garmin or Strava, I seem to have made 5128km, only around 70km short.

                             2014
                           [293/365]
      January               February               March
      [26/31]               [25/28]                [27/31]
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          .  X  X  X                     X                     .
 X  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  X  X  X  X
 X  X  X  X  X  .  .   .  X  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  X  X  X  X
 .  X  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  X  X  X  .
 X  .  X  X  X  X      .  X  X  X  X  X      X  X  X  X  X  X  X
                                             .  .
       April                  May                   June
      [19/30]               [27/31]                [23/30]
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
       X  X  X  X  X               X  X  X   .  X  X  X  X  .  .
 X  X  .  X  X  .  .   .  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  X
 .  .  X  X  X  .  .   .  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  X
 X  .  .  X  X  .  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  X
 .  X  X  X            .  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  X

        July                 August              September
      [27/31]               [26/31]                [23/30]
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
       X  X  X  X  X                  X  X      X  X  X  X  X  X
 X  .  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  X  X  X  X
 .  X  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  .
 .  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  X  X  .  X  .  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  .
 .  X  X  X  X         .  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  .  .
                       .
      October               November              December
      [21/31]               [26/30]                [23/31]
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          .  .  .  .                     .      X  X  X  X  X  X
 .  .  .  .  .  X  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  X
 .  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  X  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  X  X  X  X
 X  X  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  X  X  X  X   X  X  X  .  .  .  .
 X  X  X  X  X  X      X  X  X  X  X  X  X   .  .  .  X
                       .

Commute to work every day, shopping or a social ride on Saturday, then often no riding on a Sunday, that seems to be how the year played out. Longest number of days in a row that I rode was 20, which I hit a few times. Rode on 293 of the 365 days of the year, 226 of those days were commuting to work. Since it’s a short commute, the rides home can be quite varied, depending on domestic commitments.

2014-cycling-commute-visualisation by Adrian Tritschler, on Flickr

Last update – [2021-05-30 Sun].

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