Minneapolis got hit with a major snowstorm
in the middle of April.
This delayed the start of the biking season considerably.
Since I am now retired, I was able to make up the 500 miles
I normally complete by the end of April.
Fortunately the last half of April provided nice biking weather.
The summer was hot but not too bad for biking.
Fall was much colder and wetter than normal.
This cut into my Fall biking too.
Still a lot of great biking this year and I made my goal of 4000 miles.
| Week |
Miles |
Total |
Avg. |
|---|
 |
week1, 21-Apr: |
70 |
70 |
70 |
getting over a cold and starting out easy |
|
week2, 28-Apr: |
155 |
225 |
112 |
Ride to Rosemount - windy, windy, windy, 1st flat tire |
|
week3, 5-May: |
137 |
362 |
120 |
Ride to Spring Lake Park - Meet John who is riding to NY |
|
week4, 12-May: |
136 |
498 |
129 |
Ride to near Stillwater - nice day, 2nd flat tire |
|
week5, 19-May: |
156 |
654 |
130 |
Ride to Mendota Heights - nice but cool day |
|
week6, 26-May: |
156 |
799 |
133 |
Ride around Lake Minnetonka - hot and humid |
|
week7, 2-Jun: |
153 |
952 |
136 |
Up north at Lake Vermilion |
|
week8, 9-Jun: |
143 |
1095 |
136 |
Ride to Baker Park and ride the bike paths |
|
week9, 16-Jun: |
160 |
1255 |
139 |
Ride to Rosemount - hot and humid, also ride to Lake Elmo |
|
week10, 23-Jun: |
158 |
1413 |
141 |
Ride to Stillwater - nice day |
|
week11, 30-Jun: |
158 |
1560 |
141 |
Ride to Coon Rapids Dam - rainy day |
|
week12, 7-Jul: |
112 |
1672 |
139 |
Ride to Rosemount - beautiful day |
|
week13, 14-Jul: |
151 |
1823 |
140 |
Ride to Houlton, WI - hot sunny day |
|
week14, 21-Jul: |
132 |
1955 |
139 |
Ride to North Oaks - nice sunny day |
|
week15, 28-Jul: |
151 |
2106 |
140 |
Ride to Stillwater via Gateway and Brown's Creek Trail - perfect
weather |
|
week16, 4-Aug: |
131 |
2237 |
139 |
Ride a loop through Eagan, Bloomington, and Richfield - humid |
|
week17, 11-Aug: |
142 |
2379 |
139 |
Ride around Lake Minnetonka - hot |
|
week18, 18-Aug: |
161 |
2540 |
141 |
2nd Ride to Stillwater via Gateway and Brown's Creek Trail - nice day |
|
week19, 25-Aug: |
142 |
2683 |
141 |
Ride to Ham Lake - nice day but boring ride |
|
week20, 1-Sep: |
309 |
2994 |
149 |
Started bike tour |
|
week21, 8-Sep: |
123 |
3117 |
148 |
Finished bike tour |
|
week22, 15-Sep: |
135 |
3252 |
148 |
Ride to Shapkopee - hot |
|
week23, 22-Sep: |
139 |
3391 |
147 |
Rainy week |
|
week24, 29-Sep: |
127 |
3518 |
146 |
Another wet gray dreary week |
|
week25, 6-Oct: |
85 |
3603 |
144 |
Yet another wet, cod gray dreary week |
|
week26, 13-Oct: |
150 |
3753 |
144 |
Finally some nicer weather, ride to Coon Rapids Dam |
|
week27, 20-Oct: |
67 |
3820 |
141 |
Headed to New York City for a vacation |
|
week28, 27-Oct: |
72 |
3892 |
139 |
Back from New York City |
|
week29, 3-Nov: |
40 |
3932 |
135 |
First bit of snow |
|
week30, 10-Nov: |
38 |
3970 |
132 |
cold |
|
week31, 17-Nov: |
30 |
4000 |
129 |
One last miserable cold ride to reach my goal |