Mileage 2010

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Since I am so forgetful about checking my daily mileage from my bike computer I shall now record it here: Recording my mileage publicly is vitally important to me because it gives me another incentive to continue riding when conditions are very unfavourable. I am using every constructive means available to me to keep building on my fitness. It is absolutely vital to me that I don't return to the state I was in only a few months ago. With paralysing pain over most of my body, very high blood pressure, daily nose bleeds and breathlessness from doing the simplest activities.

I remember the agonising pain of trying to put on and remove my shoes. I could neither bend over from a low seat nor lift my foot! Every night I lay in bed suffering from constant pain in my joints and worrying whether I'd end up in a wheelchair. Thankfully I didn't have much weight to lose but my fitness was remarkably poor considering how much exercise I was getting at work.

Tricycling rescued me from regular visits to the doctor to complain about the latest, debilitating aches and pains. Now I cause the only pain I feel by cycling. I am firmly in charge and any pain I cause is usually gone by the next morning. I am no longer the victim of my age and physical condition. They say you should visit your doctor before embarking on serious exercise. I had nothing to lose. Except the threat of lifelong medication for high blood pressure!

The very long winter is still restricting my routes to main roads. My usual back lanes, well away from the traffic, are still iced up and largely unrideable! (as of March 2010 and counting) This restricts my potential routes dramatically. Riding on the main roads is no fun (at all) when the roads are considerably narrowed by high snow banks. Often making it difficult for the traffic to pass easily. Moreover the risks are far higher due to the damage this winter has done to the road surfaces. They are cracked all over and badly potholed. Which makes selecting a safe path on a trike increasingly fraught with danger in the presence of speeding traffic. One has to find three clear paths for the tyres instead of only one on a bike.

I am now using my GT-120 GPS logger to record my daily mileages confirmed by the maps which it draws on Google Earth and safely files on my computer.Yet another incentive to go out and ride further. The best match between the GPS and computer is to set the bike computer to 2120 for 700 x 23 tyres.I also bought a Ventus G730 GPS logger as backup and use both on every ride now. The bike computer has been changed for the latest model at the local supermarkets. Not always for the better though. These required different circumference multipliers (including 2090) to match the GS loggers. After a very wobbly start the GPS loggers are beginning to agree much more closely.

 Note the use of miles for the daily distance. Not kilometres. Multiply miles by 8/5 (or x1.61) for kilometres.

I have since entered kilometres for the running year total to save anybody doing the maths for themselves. It was my wife's suggestion because she said it looked as if I had ridden much further when measured in kilometres! :-)

I no longer ride a bike, at all, so all distances are on the Higgins 'Ultralite' trike.

I have regularly discovered new errors of addition and have (hopefully) corrected all of them.  I should have checked my mental arithmetic long before now! My skills at addition have always been rather poor. The problem is that every single error has to be carried forwards through every column. Even then the odd typo crops up.

For some reason the Tricycle Association records annual trike mileages to the end of September. Since I kept no records prior to January 1st 2010 those missing three months take a large chunk out of my potential mileage claim. I may have done 2000 miles by the end of 2009 but I changed bike computers several times. (including one lost into the verge on a fast, bumpy corner!) So I have to ignore my mileage between September 30th 2009 and Jan 1st 2010. I was using my natural competitive instincts to keep on riding every day to try and amass more miles than most of the other TA stalwarts. Now it only adds up to a 9 month year and only 7.3k miles instead of a (probably) more realistic 9-10k. Grrr. :-) 

The columns are as follows: 
Date of the month, 
Day's mileage, 
Month's mileage to date, 
Month's daily Average to date, 
Total mileage and Total Km for the year to date. 
R =Rest day (0 miles usually because of unrideable weather) 
Total Rest days for the year.  
BS= Fitted Brooks Professional saddle at 993 miles.

January 2010
                                   Month                 Year
Date      Miles     Total     Avge     Miles     Km

 1..............0..............0...........0...............0...........0 R
 2...........15............15...........7.5..........15.........24
 3...........10............25...........8.3..........25.........40
 4.............0............25...........6.2..........25.........40 R
 5.............0............25...........5.............25.........40 R
 6.............0............25...........4.2..........25.........40 R
 7.............8............33...........4.7..........33.........53
 8.............0............33...........4.1..........33.........53 R
 9.............0............33...........3.7..........33.........53 R
10. ..........0............33...........3.3..........33.........53 R
11..........12............45...........4.1..........45.........72
12............0............45...........3.7..........45.........72 R
13............0............45...........3.5..........45.........72 R
14............8............53...........3.8..........53.........85
15..........14............67...........4.5..........67.......108
16..........15............82...........5.1..........82.......132
17..........23..........105...........6.2........105.......169
18..........21..........126...........7...........126.......202
19..........22..........148...........7.8........148.......238
20............0..........148...........7.4........148.......238 R
21..........19..........167...........7.9........167.......269
22..........25..........192...........8.7........192.......309
23..........20..........212...........9.2........212.......341
24............9..........221...........9.2........221.......355
25..........14..........235...........9.4........235.......380
26..........17..........252...........9.7........252.......407
27............0..........252...........9.37......252.......407 R
28..........25..........277...........9.9........277.......447
29..........11..........288.........10.0........288.......465
30............8..........296...........9.9........296.......478
31..........13..........309.........10.0........309.......499 
              11R                                                    11R

February 2010
                                  Month                  Year
Date     Miles    Total     Avge.     Miles      Km

 1..........10............10.........10.0.........319.......515
 2............0............10...........5.0.........319.......515 R
 3..........10............20...........6.7.........329.......531
 4..........15 ...........35...........8.7.........344.......555
 5..........12 ...........47...........9.4.........356.......574
 6..........10............57...........9.5.........366.......590
 7..........30............87.........12.4.........396.......639
 8..........10............97.........12.1.........406.......655
 9............0............97.........10.7.........406.......655 R
10...........0............97...........9.7.........406.......655 R
11...........8..........105...........9.6.........414.......668
12...........8..........113...........9.5.........422.......682
13.........10..........123...........9.5.........432.......698
14.........17..........140.........10.0.........449.......726
15.........20..........160.........10.7.........469.......758
16.........18..........178.........11.2.........487.......787
17.........20..........198.........11.7.........507.......819
18...........8..........206.........11.5.........515.......832
19...........4..........210.........11.1.........519.......838
20.........22..........232.........11.6.........541.......874
21.........33..........265.........12.6.........574.......927
22.........23..........288.........13.1.........597.......964
23.........19..........307.........13.4.........616.......994
24...........0..........307.........12.8.........616.......994 R
25.........15..........322.........12.9.........631.....1019
26.........23..........345.........13.3.........654.....1056
27.........12..........357.........13.2.........666.....1075
28.........30..........387.........13.9.........696.....1123
             4R                                                      15R


March 2010
                                 Month                   Year
Date    Miles     Total      Avge      Miles      Km

 1..........22............22.........22.0.........718......1159
 2..........15............37.........18.5.........733......1183
 3..........10............47.........15.7.........743......1199
 4..........17............64.........16.0.........760......1226
 5..........23............87.........17.4.........783......1263
 6............0............87.........14.5.........783......1263 R
 7..........28..........115.........16.4.........811......1309
 8..........15..........130.........16.3.........826......1333
 9..........26..........156.........17.3.........852......1375
10...........0..........156.........15.6.........852......1375 R
11.........19..........175.........16.0.........871......1405
12.........25..........200.........16.7.........896......1445
13.........21..........221.........17.0.........917.....1479
14.........35..........256.........18.2.........952.....1536
15.........12..........268.........17.8.........964.....1555
16.........29..........297.........18.5.........993.....1598 BS
17.........31..........328.........19.2.......1024.....1647
18.........22..........350.........19.4.......1046.....1684
19...........9..........359.........18.9.......1055.....1698
20.........12..........371.........18.5.......1067.....1717
21.........23..........394.........18.8.......1090.....1755
22.........24..........418.........19.0.......1114.....1793
23.........29..........447.........19.4.......1143.....1840
24.........30..........477.........19.9.......1173.....1888
25...........0..........477.........18.8.......1173.....1888 R
26.........23..........500.........19.2.......1196.....1925
27.........30..........530.........19.6.......1226.....1973
28.........30..........560.........20.0.......1256.....2022
29.........48..........608.........21.0.......1304.....2099
30.........24..........632.........21.0.......1328.....2138
31.........34..........666.........21.5.......1362.....2193
             3R                                                      18R


April 2010
                                  Month                 Year
Date    Miles     Total      Avge    Miles       Km

 1...........8..............8............8.........1370......2206
 2.........35............43..........21.5......1405......2262
 3.........18............61..........20.3......1423......2291
 4.........30............91..........22.8......1453......2339
 5.........30..........121..........24.2......1483......2387
 6.........25..........146..........24.3......1508......2427
 7.........23..........169..........24.1......1531......2465
 8.........25..........194..........24.2......1556......2505
 9.........30..........224..........24.9......1586......2553
10........28..........252..........25.2......1614......2598
11........27..........279..........25.4......1641......2642
12........22..........301..........25.1......1663......2677
13........10..........311..........24.0......1673......2693
14........26..........337..........24.1......1689......2719
15........23..........360..........24.0......1712......2756
16........32..........392..........24.5......1744......2807
17........16..........408..........24.0......1760......2833
18........23..........431..........24.0......1783......2870
19........26..........457..........24.1......1809......2912
20........28..........485..........24.2......1837......2957
21........17..........502..........24.0......1854......3004
22........23..........525..........23.8......1877......3021
23........32..........557..........24.2......1909......3073
24........21..........578..........24.0 .....1930......3107
25........18..........596..........23.8......1948......3136
26........27..........623..........24.0......1975......3179
27........20..........643..........23.8......1995......3212
28 .......18..........661..........23.6......2013......3240
29........24..........685..........23.6......2037......3279
30........27..........712..........23.7......2074......3323
             0R


May 2010
                               Month                    Year
Date    Miles   Total    Avge       Miles        Km

 1...........8......... .8............8............2072.......3336
 2.........43.........51..........25.5........2115.......3405
 3.........27.........78..........26.0........2142.......3635
 4.........22.......100..........25.0........2164.......3484
 5.........38........138.........27.6........2202.......3545
 6.........28........166.........27.7........2230.......3590
 7.........14........180.........25.7........2244.......3612
 8.........14........194.........24.2........2258.......3635
 9.........28........222.........24.6........2286.......2286
10........22........244.........24.4........2290.......3686
11........17........261.........23.7........2307.......3714
12..........0........261.........21.7........2307.......3714 R
13........12........273.........21.0........2319.......3733
14........25........298.........21.3........2344.......3773
15........18........316.........21.1........2362.......3802
16........28........344.........21.5........2390.......3847
17........25........369.........21.7........2415.......3888
18........54........423.........23.5........2469.......3975
19........25........448.........23.6........2494.......4015
20........47........495.........24.7........2541.......3880
21........22........517.........24.6........2563.......4126
22........50........567.........25.8........2613.......4206
23........45........612.........26.6........2703.......4351
24........39........651.........27.1........2842.......4575
25........34........685.........27.4........2776.......4459
26........24........709.........27.3........2800.......4508
27........26........735.........27.2........2826.......4549
28........34........769.........27.5........2860.......4604
29........34........803.........27.7........2894.......4659
30........16........819.........27.3........2910.......4685
31........28........847.........27.3........2938.......4730
            
1R                                                     19R


June 2010
                               Month                    Year
Date   Miles    Total    Avge      Miles         Km  

  1........37...........37.........37.........2976........4791
  2........50...........87.........43.5......3025........4870
  3........51.........138.........46.........3076........4952
  4........43.........181.........45.2......3119........5021
  5........50.........231.........46.2......3169........5102
  6........52.........283.........47.2......3221........5185
  7........25.........308.........44.........3246........5226
  8........50.........358.........44.8......3296........5306
  9........50.........408........45.3.......3346........5387
10........28.........436........43.6.......3374........5432
11........40.........476........43.2.......3414........5496
12........34.........510........42.5.......3448........5551
13........31.........541........41.6.......3479........5601
14........54.........595........42.5.......3533........5688
15........24.........619........41.2.......3557........5726
16..........0.........619........38.7.......3557........5726 R
17........10.........629........37..........3567........5742
18........34.........663........36.8.......3601........5797
19........50.........713........37.5.......3651........5812
20........61.........774........38.7.......3712........5976
21........37.........811........38.6.......3749........6035
22........57.........868........39.5.......3806........6127
23........58.........926........40.3.......3864........6221
24........28.........954........39.7.......3892........6266
25........48.......1002........40.1.......3940........6343
26........40.......1042........40.......   3980........6408
27........46.......1088........40.3.......4026........6481
28........61.......1149........41..........4087........6580
29........45.......1194........41.2.......4132........6652
30........36.......1230........41..........4166........6707

        1R                                                      20R


July 2010
                              Month                     Year
Date   Miles  Total     Avge        Miles        Km 

 1.........52.........52.........52..........4218........6791
 2.........46.........98.........49..........4264........6865
 3.........42.......140.........46.7.......4306........6932
 4.........45.......185.........46.3.......4351........7005
 5.........24.......209.........41.8.......4375........7043
 6.........26.......235.........39.2.......4401........7085
 7.........35.......270.........38.6.......4436........7142
 8.........27.......297.........37.1.......4463........7185
 9.........51.......347.........38.5.......4514........7267
10........28.......375.........37.5.......4542........7312
11........29.......404.........36.7.......4571........7359
12........29.......433.........36.1.......4600........7406
13........44.......477.........36.7.......4644........7477
14........49.......526.........37.6.......4693........7555
15........37.......563.........37.5.......4710........7583
16........31.......594.........37.1.......4741........7633
17........30.......624.........36.7.......4771........7681
18........37.......661.........36.7.......4808........7740
19........31.......692.........36.4.......4839........7790
20........50.......742.........37.1.......4889........7871
21........36.......778.........37.0.......4925........7929
22........36.......814.........37.0.......4961........7987
23........29.......843.........36.6.......4990........8033
24........31.......874.........36.4.......5021........8083
25........25.......899.........35.9.......5046........8124
26........35.......934.........35.9.......5081........8180
27........50.......984.........36.4.......5131........8261 
28........28.....1012.........36.1.......5159........8306
29........48.....1060.........36.6.......5207........8383
30........12.....1072.........35.7.......5219........8402
31........30.....1102.........35.5.......5249........8450
        
   0R                                                      20R 

August 2010
                              Month                     Year
Date   Miles  Total     Avge       Miles        Km 


 1..........45........45..........45.........5294........8523 
 2..........19........64..........32.........5313........8553 
 3..........25........89..........29.6......5338........8594
 4..........51......140..........35.........5389........8676 
 5..........36......176..........35.2......5425........8734 
 6..........29......205..........34.2......5454........8780
 7..........33......238..........34.........5487........8834
 8..........26......264..........33.........5513........8876
 9..........28......292..........32.4......5541........8921
10.........42......334..........33.4......5583........8990
11.........18......352..........32.........5601........9017
12.........43......395..........32.9......5644........9086
13.........39......434..........33.4......5683........9149 
14...........8......442..........31.6......5691........9162
15.........58......500..........33.3......5749........9255
16.........38......538..........33.6......5787........9317
17.........24......562..........33.........5811........9355 
18.........10......572..........31.7......5821........9372
19.........60......632..........33.3......5881........9468
20.........25......657..........32.9......5906........9508
21.........41......698..........33.2......5947........9575 
22.........49......747..........33.9......5996........9653
23.........41......788..........34.2......6037........9720
24.........25......813..........33.9......6062........9760
25.........28......841..........33.6......6090........9805
26.........52......893..........34.3......6142........9888
27.........25......918..........34.........6167........9929
28.........38......956..........34.1......6205........9990
29.........43......999..........34.4......6248......10059
30.........25....1024..........34.1......6273......10099
31.........30....1054..........34.........6303......10148 

      0R                                                     20R


September   2010
                             Month                     Year
Date   Miles  Total    Avge        Miles        Km   

 1..........40.......40.........40...........6343......10212
 2..........37.......77.........38.5........6380......10272
 3..........36.....113.........37.7........6416......10330
 4..........40.....153.........38.2........6456......10394
 5..........48.....201.........40.2........6504......10471 
 6..........47.....248.........41.3........6551......10547
 7..........37.....285.........40.7........6588......10607
 8..........39.....324.........40.5........6627......10670
 9..........24.....348.........38.7........6651......10708
10..........0......348.........34.8........6651......10708 R
11..........0......348.........32.6........6651......10708 R
12........11......359.........29.9........6662......10725
13........30......389.........29.9........6692......10774
14........27......416.........29.7........6719......10817
15........31......447.........29.8........6750......10867
16........34......481.........30.1........6784......10922
17........29......510.........30.0........6813......10969
18........34......544.........30.2........6847......11023
19........25......569.........29.9........6872......11064
20........44......613.........30.6........6916......11135
21........38......651.........31.0........6954......11195
22........45......696.........31.6........6999......11268
23........46......742.........32.2........7045......11342
24........41......783.........32.6........7086......11408
25........45......829.........33.1........7132......11482
26........40......869.........33.4........7172......11547
27........43......912.........33.8........7215......11616
28........24......936.........33.4........7239......11655

29........25......961.........33.1........7264......11695 2WD

30........51....1012.........33.7........7319......11777               

2R                                                     23R
                                                              
October 201
                             Month                    Year

Date   Miles  Total    Avge      Miles        Km  

 1........28........28........28..........7343.......11822 3 new
 2........21........49........24.5.......7364.......11856 tyres
 3........16........65........21.7.......7380.......11882
 4........50......115........28.7.......7430.......11962
 5........32......147........29.4.......7462.......12014
 6........35......182........30.3.......7497.......12070
 7........45......227........32.4.......7542.......12143
 8........52......279........34.9.......7594.......12226
 9........39......318........35.3.......7633.......12289
10.......28......346........34.6.......7661.......12334
11.......44......390........35.4.......7705.......12405
12.......30......420........35.0.......7735.......12453
13.......26......446........34.3.......7761.......12495
14.......42......488........34.8.......7803.......12562
15.......28......516........34.4.......7831.......12608
16.......32......548........34.2.......7863.......12659
17.......12......560........32.9.......7875.......12678
18.......23......583........32.4.......7898.......12715
19.......22......603........31.7.......7920.......12751
20.......20......623........31.1.......7940.......12783
21.......23......646........30.7.......7963.......12820
22.......35......681........31.0.......7998.......12876
23.......22......703........30.5.......8020.......12912
24.......28......731........30.4.......8048.......12957
25.......21......751........30.0.......8069.......12991
26.......42......793........30.5.......8111.......13058
27.......13......806........29.8.......8124.......13079
28.......23......829........29.6.......8147.......13117 
29.......29......858........29.6.......8176.......13163
30.......33......891........29.7.......8209.......13216
31.......60......951........30.7.......8269.......13313

       0R                                                    23R

November 2010

                             Month                    Year

Date  Miles  Total    Avge      Miles        Km  

 1........36.........36........36.0......8305......13371
 2........27.........63........31.5......8332......13414 
 3........38.......101........33.7......8370......13475
 4........36.......137........34.2......8406......13534
 5........34.......171........34.2......8440......13588
 6........54.......225........37.5......8494......13675
 7........40.......265........37.8......8534......13739
 8........24.......289........36.1......8558......13778
 9........43.......332........36.9......8601......13847
10.......19.......351........35.1......8620......13878
11.......22.......373........33.9......8642......13913
12.........0.......373........31.1......8642......13913 R

13.......35.......408........31.4......8677......13970
14.......19.......427........30.5......8696......14000
15.......29.......456........30.4......8725......14047
16.......21.......477........29.8......8746......14081
17.......13.......490........28.8......8759......14101
18.........0.......490........27.2......8759......14101 R
19.........0.......490........25.7......8759......14101 R
20.......20.......510........25.5......8779......14134
21.......28.......538........25.6......8807......14179
22.......15.......553........25.1......8822......14203
23.........0.......553........24.0......8822......14203 R
24.......39.......592........24.6......8861......14266
25.......22.......614........24.5......8883......14301
26.......13.......627........24.1......8896......14322
27.......19.......646........23.9......8915......14353
28.......11.......657........23.5......8926......14370
29.......11.......668........23.0......8937......14388
30.........0.......668........22.2......8937......14388 R

    
       5R                                                    27R

December 2010

                             Month                    Year

Date  Miles  Total    Avge      Miles        Km  


 1.........11........11........11.........8948........14406
 2.........19........30........15.........8967........14436
 3.........21........51........17.........8988........14471
 4.........15........66........16.5......9003........14494
 5...........7........73........14.6......9010........14506
 6.........19........92........15.3......9029........14536
 7.........23......115........16.4......9053........14575
 8.........15......130........16.2......9068........14599
 9.........16......146........16.2......9084........14625
10........24......170........17.0......9108........14663
11........28......198........18.0......9136........14708
12........17......215........17.9......9153........14736
13........11......226........17.4......9164........14754
14..........0......226........16.1......9164........14754
15........13......239........15.9......9177........14774
16..........0......239........14.9......9177........14774
17..........0......239........14.0......9177........14774
18..........0......239........13.3......9177........14774
19........11......250........13.1......9188........14792
20..........0......250........12.5......9188........14792
21........23......273........13.0......9211........14829
22..........0......273........12.4......9211........14829
24........13......286........11.9......9224........14850
25..........0......286........11.4......9224........14850
26........15......301........11.6......9239........14875
27........23......324........12.0......9262........14911
28........38......362........12.9......9300........14973
29........20......382........13.2......9320........15005
30........20......402........13.4......9340........15037
31........22......422........13.6......9360........15070

   7 Rest days    27 total Rest days for the year.

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