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20,000 Miles And Counting
By spokesman | September 16, 2009
I reached an important cycling milestone this weekend. I have bicycled 20,000 miles in my lifetime. Although I bicycled as a child, these are miles that I have bicycled as an adult. I took up cycling several years after I graduated college and within 2 years, I began to ride at least 1000 miles per year.
The 20,000 miles include supported tours (Holland, Alaska, Ireland, Italy, the Canadian Rockies), several state tours and 7 self supported tours with college friends.
I reached the 20,000 mile milestone on the bicycle segment of the Nation’s Triathlon this past weekend. I was glad to reach the milestone on a unique ride. The route covered many roads that are usually inaccessible to cyclists, however for the triathlon the roads were closed to cars. I was also glad to reach the milestone on a challenging ride done at a fast pace. It was the many miles that I have ridden that enabled me to do that ride at about 19 miles/hour.
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September 30th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Thank you! You often write very interesting articles. You improved my mood.