What a wonderful/busy/crazy/happy/stressful year it’s been.
Weight
I (mostly) lost weight through the first half of the year, but mostly gained it all back in the last half. I’m still happier with my weight than I was in 2007 or 2008 though. I need to have the self-control that I did in 2008 again.
Bike Mileage
| Month | Miles |
| 01-2009 | 277.8 |
| 02-2009 | 263.3 |
| 03-2009 | 192.4 |
| 04-2009 | 290.9 |
| 05-2009 | 452.0 |
| 06-2009 | 542.2 |
| 07-2009 | 371.3 |
| 08-2009 | 199.6 |
| 09-2009 | 298.9 |
| 10-2009 | 436.1 |
| 11-2009 | 443.9 |
| 12-2009 | 91.6 |
| Month | Nermal | Oria | Nermal | Oria | Total |
| All 2008 | 712.8 | 1,525.8 | 712.8 | 1,525.8 | 2,238.6 |
| 01-2009 | 927.6 | 1,588.8 | 214.8 | 63.0 | 277.8 |
| 02-2009 | 1,004.9 | 1,774.8 | 77.3 | 186.0 | 263.3 |
| 03-2009 | 1,068.5 | 1,903.6 | 63.6 | 128.8 | 192.4 |
| 04-2009 | 1,359.4 | 1,903.6 | 290.9 | 0.0 | 290.9 |
| 05-2009 | 1,501.0 | 2,214.0 | 141.6 | 310.4 | 452.0 |
| 06-2009 | 1,769.0 | 2,488.2 | 268.0 | 274.2 | 542.2 |
| 07-2009 | 1,953.6 | 2,674.9 | 184.6 | 186.7 | 371.3 |
| 08-2009 | 2,024.9 | 2,803.2 | 71.3 | 128.3 | 199.6 |
| 09-2009 | 2,104.0 | 3,023.0 | 79.1 | 219.8 | 298.9 |
| 10-2009 | 2,417.5 | 3,145.6 | 313.5 | 122.6 | 436.1 |
| 11-2009 | 2,765.5 | 3,241.5 | 348.0 | 95.9 | 443.9 |
| 12-2009 | 2,857.1 | 3,241.5 | 91.6 | 0.0 | 91.6 |
I didn’t make my goal of 5000 miles. I knew I wouldn’t fairly early. I did ride 3,860 miles for the year, which beats the previous year of 2,238.
Month by Month Review
- January 2009
- Biking irregularly due to weather and ice storm
- First RCCS ride
- Rode 277.8 miles
- Average weight of 216.5 lbs
- February 2009
- Gave up the idea of living car-free in the near-term
- I assumed (wrongly) that I’d hit my goal weight by August
- Rode 263.3 miles
- Average weight of 208.2 lbs
- March 2009
- I met Kristy
- Rode 192.4 miles
- Average weight of 204.6 lbs
- April 2009
- My car died – spent two weeks without one before buying my truck
- Kristy and I were engaged
- Kristy left the state for a few months
- Rode 290.9 miles
- Average weight of 206.6 lbs
- May 2009
- Rode the 60-mile Tour de Cure
- Set a new weekly mileage record of 186.1
- Rode 452.0 miles
- Average weight of 203.3 lbs
- June 2009
- Weight was under 200 lbs for a while
- Set a new weekly mileage record of 201.9
- Rode 542.2 miles
- Average weight of 202.0 lbs
- July 2009
- Kristy came home
- Went to West Virginia with Kristy to meet some of her family
- Rode 371.3 miles
- Average weight of 201.8 lbs
- August 2009
- Managed a 20-mile ride in Michigan while traveling
- Almost sold my recumbent
- Business trip to San Antonio – Too much good food
- My daughter came to live with me
- Rode 199.6 miles
- Average weight of 208.4 lbs
- September 2009
- I married Kristy in Florida – managed to bring bikes and get in some riding too
- Finished The Ride to Conquer Cancer – I enjoyed the achievement, but I’m not really sure I want to spend the (fund-raising) time to do another charity ride
- Rode 298.9 miles
- Average weight of 212.4 lbs
- October 2009
- Kristy left again for work
- Rode 436.1 miles
- Average weight of 209.7 lbs
- November 2009
- Went mountain biking for the first time
- Rode 443.9 miles
- Average weight of 209.8 lbs
- December 2009
- Kristy came home
- Spent Christmas in West Virginia
- Kristy left again
- I’m gaining weight again, it’s going to take work to get back down
- Rode 91.6 miles – holy crap! what happened here?
- Average weight of 215.2 lbs – wow back to January weight
Overall
I’m happy with what I’ve done for the year. I met a wonderful woman, fell in love, and got married. Looking back at my posts from the past year, many of them seem rather negative. I guess it’s easy to focus on the times when things aren’t going as planned. Things usually don’t go as planned, but work out alright anyway.
That doesn’t mean I give myself a pass on not losing the weight and keeping it off. I very much intend to achieve my goal weight of 175 lbs, and stay there. I’m hoping I can do it before December of next year.
Happy New Year everyone!
Nice review. Is the Cherokee Pk trip the first mtbiking, or the RCCS Oriole Trail trip? I’d say the Oriole ‘Lost’ Trip was a more eventful mtbiking experience.
That’s hard to say. They were both good rides for different reasons.
They both happened in the same month, so I didn’t worry about differentiating between them for this purpose.