Wrapped

"Wrapping" at year end is a big thing now, isn't it? So although the year is not quite over, with eleven days of possible activity left, here are some highlights from my Strava "year in sport" to date.

This includes anything and everything I've recorded on Strava, not just cycling, but even so a couple of things stand out. It's flat where I live: in the whole year I've only managed just over 93,000ft of elevation ... and a big chunk of that was climbing a very high mountain overseas. Astonishing, really, when you consider I notched the best part of 56,000ft in nine days doing LEJOG. And how is lazy, unfit old me in the top 4% of most active users by time recorded? Because I record nearly everything, even one-mile round trips to the village shop, that's how.

Actual cycling-only figures for the year to date include:

• 1,436 miles covered (a whisker up on last year)
• 47,648 ft elevation climbed (so a lot more than an Everest but still less than one LEJOG)
• A longest ride of 149.55 miles, a lifetime PR ...
• ... but an annual Eddington of just 14 miles
• Over 122 hours in the saddle, probably 123 by the time I cycle home tonight
• About half of this year's miles were done on The Tank^TM, just over a quarter on Old Faithful and just under a quarter on the Project Bike

I might write some more about Eddington numbers in the new year, we'll see. My lifetime Eddington is currently 40 miles. In the meantime, more of my cycling stats are always available here.