ornoth_cycling | He’s Going the Distance

Time for another mileage update. It took nine and a half years, but this time we’ve arrived at a total of 30 thousand miles, which I surpassed on Thursday’s 48-mile ice cream run.

At this point, reference numbers seem a bit passe, but here are a few.

I bike about 36 percent of the distance an average car owner drives. I’ve maintained that average consistently for the past ten years.

That’s the equivalent of an Atlantic Ocean crossing every year. In 2006 I rode far enough to bike from Boston to Greece (assuming there was a reasonably direct bike path).

Or you could think of it as 30 times around the Moon’s equator (but with much better scenery).

Enough miles to earn free round-trip airfare anywhere in the continental United States (some restrictions may apply).

A few more years and I might make Platinum status. In the meantime, I guess I’ll just have to settle for free upgrades…