Racking up miles

I broke the 1100-mile mark for 2010 on Monday, the 7th. I broke the 1200-mile mark on Thursday, the 10th. I'm something like fifteen miles shy of breaking the 1300-mile mark, and figure to do so on Sunday, the 13th (unless things keep me from riding).

For weeks, it seemed like the most I could manage was 100-130 a week. Now I'm up to 200 in less than a week--almost, as I type this, and I was tempted to go out for another fifteen miles tonight, just to make it happen!

I may reset the annual mileage goal. At the moment, it's set at 6000. I'm over a hundred miles ahead of YTD track to make it. MyCyclingLog.com gives me information such as "Average daily distance of 15.99 required to meet this goal." It was 16-point-something yesterday. Riding over fifty miles today made a difference! It will be interesting to see how that "Average daily distance to meet goal" number changes over the coming months.

The wind made things a bit challenging on the club ride after work. I was on the Giro, which I hadn't ridden since November. I haven't been on my own Bacchetta since September. My muscles are not used to that riding position, and I was sure feeling them complain about it. Now that daylight savings time is about here, I'll get to ride my Strada to work once in a while and get my legs more accustomed to that more aero position. I'm not ready to rig a light mount for that bike so that I can ride it at night just yet.

I haven't been on that bike for so long for a couple reasons: a) when Jenn and I are doing club rides, we ride the tandem, and b) the last time I rode it, I broke a shifter part as I was downshifting to stop at a four-way-stop-sign controlled intersection--less than a hundred feet from my driveway! I have the parts to fix the shifter, but have been thinking for some years about changing the handlebars on that bike and using bar-end shifters instead of the Ergo levers now on the bike. At the same time, I've opted to install a newer fork (from a Bacchetta Corsa) and eliminate the B-Pivot in the stem for a while, just to see how I like the bike that way. I have the parts I think I need, but haven't been able to make time to do all the work. The new fork is on the bike, but I have yet to rework all the cables, which I will need to do before the bike is again roadworthy. Maybe I'll do that this week. It would be good to get out on that bike some again--it's the fastest bike I've ever owned, and I miss riding it.