Nine, and counting what?

The whole nine yards? What does that that have do do with cycling, you might ask?

Today makes nine years and counting since I began my adult cycling life!

It\’s hard to believe it\’s already been that long. Or that I\’ve covered so many miles: over 42K!

Today I can look back, with a bit of surely forgivable pride, on some highlights: the tricycle century. There was one rare day of almost no wind, when I managed to push that rig 12 miles in just under one hour. Riding 100 miles on the hybrid (twice), and finally doing it on the road bike. My participation in six Tours de Cure; and one Bike MS.

In June 2015, I was thrilled to see my total mileage meet the \’round the world distance of 24,901 miles. As a friend commented, now I can work on riding to the moon and back! Earth to moon is 238,900 miles; so I have only 196,532 miles to go to get there! I hope I can spare a moment to visit the Apollo landing sites while I\’m on Luna. Just give me about 49-50 years to work on it. Oh, and another 50 years to get back.

With a timetable like that, I could use the longevity of that cat\’s nine lives!