Early warm weather and an early start.
Great biking season.
Very dry with drought conditions in the late Fall.
Achieved a personal best for season mileage at 4571 miles!
| Week |
Miles |
Total |
Avg. |
|---|
 |
week1, 10-Mar: |
95 |
95 |
95 |
Short rides |
|
week2, 17-Mar: |
92 |
187 |
93 |
Ride to Eagan |
|
week3, 24-Mar: |
116 |
303 |
101 |
Started riding to Baker Park but some misty weather forced me south into Bloomington |
|
week4, 31-Mar: |
148 |
451 |
112 |
Ride to Farmington on a cool, cloudy, and windy day |
|
week5, 7-Apr: |
45 |
496 |
99 |
Rain Rain Rain |
|
week6, 14-Apr: |
109 |
605 |
100 |
Ride to Shakopee, pleasant sunny day |
|
week7, 21-Apr: |
173 |
778 |
111 |
Ride around Lake Minnetonka - nice cloudy day |
|
week8, 28-Apr: |
159 |
937 |
117 |
Ride to St. Paul Park - cool cloudy day |
|
week9, 5-May: |
170 |
1107 |
123 |
Ride to Newbury - caught in the rain 6 miles from home |
|
week10, 12-May: |
176 |
1283 |
128 |
Ride to Baker Park and ride the bike paths - gorgeous day |
|
week11, 19-May: |
143 |
1426 |
129 |
Ride to Prior Lake - hot and windy |
|
week12, 26-May: |
190 |
1616 |
134 |
2nd Ride to Farmington - windy windy windy |
|
week13, 2-Jun: |
114 |
1730 |
133 |
2nd ride around Lake Minnetonka - nice day |
|
week14, 9-Jun: |
146 |
1876 |
134 |
Ride 5 miles south of Prior Lake on Panana Ave. - hot windy day |
|
week15, 16-Jun: |
169 |
2045 |
136 |
Ride almost to Northfiled. - beautiful day but a few rain drops at the end |
|
week16, 23-Jun: |
179 |
2224 |
139 |
Ride to Stillwater - hot and just miss the rain |
|
week17, 30-Jun: |
136 |
2360 |
138 |
Ride to Baker Park - hot |
|
week18, 7-Jul: |
175 |
2535 |
140 |
Ride to Lake City - beautiful |
|
week19, 14-Jul: |
145 |
2680 |
141 |
Ride to Grey Cloud Island - hot |
|
week20, 21-Jul: |
350 |
3030 |
151 |
Bike tour to Des Moines - high heat, high humidity, strong headwinds |
|
week21, 28-Jul: |
155 |
3185 |
151 |
Bike to Shakopee - hot |
|
week22, 4-Aug: |
157 |
3342 |
151 |
Bike west (rain) bike down to Lilydale - nice |
|
week23, 11-Aug: |
146 |
3488 |
151 |
Ride around Lake Minnetonka - beautiful day |
|
week24, 18-Aug: |
147 |
3635 |
151 |
Ride to South St. Paul and explore. |
|
week25, 25-Aug: |
143 |
3778 |
151 |
Ride to Rosemount - slight sprinkle at the end |
|
week26, 1-Sep: |
107 |
3885 |
149 |
Ride to Cottage Grove - beautiful day |
|
week27, 8-Sep: |
137 |
4022 |
148 |
Ride to Elko, New Market - windy beautiful day (Randy) |
|
week28, 15-Sep: |
122 |
4144 |
148 |
Ride to Farmington - beautiful day |
|
week29, 22-Sep: |
124 |
4268 |
147 |
Ride to Baker Park - nice Fall colors on cool windy day |
|
week30, 29-Sep: |
128 |
4396 |
146 |
Ride to Shakopee - beautiful day |
|
week31, 6-Oct: |
105 |
4501 |
145 |
Ride around Lake Minnetonka - chilly |
|
week32, 13-Oct: |
42 |
4543 |
141 |
Ride to Newport - windy |
|
week33, 20-Oct: |
28 |
4571 |
139 |
Ride to Hopkins - chilly |