Wednesday, 1 October 2025

I've got an excuse this time

Remember those cycling goals for 2025? Well, for reasons I won't go into here, they've taken a bit of a back seat this quarter, as I was barely able to get out on the bike at all during July and August. So although I've had a decent September (my third most miles in a month since I did LEJOG in 2021), it looks like being too little, too late.

To recap, my goals for the year are:

  1. Complete 1,800 miles distance
  2. Complete 55,000 feet of elevation
  3. Record an annual Eddington of 17 miles (requiring 17 days of 17+ miles)
  4. Increase lifetime Eddington from 43 miles to 46 (requiring six days of 46+ miles)

Here's an sit-rep after the third quarter:

Still behind on all counts... and unlikely to catch up, especially on the Eddington-related targets, as I don't have any sportives planned for the rest of the year. On the plus side, I have managed to increase my lifetime Eddington from 43 to 44. Whoop-de-doo, tarantula town.