It turns out that I reached my 1,000 mile September 1st goal almost a month early. As of August 13, I’m at 1095.6 miles on the fat-tire e-bike and a dozen on my old Klein. So what now?
I’m just going to keep at it. I’ve lost about 14 pounds (now at 164 pounds), but I’d like to lose another 9 to 10 before winter. It looks like I’ll be around 1,300 miles by September 1. Keeping track is getting a little more scattered. I’m spending a bit of time on my old Klein and I don’t have an odometer on that bike. I don’t always remember to start a workout on my Apple Watch, and sometimes my sleeve or glove accidentally pauses it. I actually haven’t figured out what’s causing my Workout to be paused mid-ride; it’s not consistent nor frequent, but it happens while I’m riding, including when I’m at 15 to 20 mph for a long stretch (so it doesn’t seem to be an automatic thing).
I’m going to continue to keep my ride data in the same file until September 1. It’ll give me a reasonably sized dataset to use for goal-setting next season.
The cycling season doesn’t end here on September 1. I should be able to ride into mid-October without changing much except the clothing and shoes I need to have at-the-ready. From mid-October until May, things become unpredictable (and sometimes unrideable even with studded snow tires) in Michigan.
For this week, I’ve reduced my ride length a little bit due to some knee aches (old injury). Nothing major, I’m just going down to around 9 to 10 miles.