The year drew to a close while I was away in Tanzania, so never got to write my spurt of year end posts. This, is a short fill-in for one.

My total mileage in

• 2010 : 2,266 km / 1,409 miles
• 2011 : 3,796 km / 2,359 miles

Here’s the month-wise breakup:

Jan’11, I was just feeling the cold and being lazy. Nov & Dec were lost to walking / hiking in preparation for for the Kilimanjaro ascent (which I successfully did on 23rd Dec).

I missed my target of 3000 miles for the year by a big margin, still 2011 was a much better year for my cycling. Some of the milestones of 2011 were:

• 1^st century ride (100 kms of SJW – Windsor – Wandsworth – Back)
• 1^st first Imperial century ride (100 miles from SJW to Downham Market in Norfolk) [Both these were done on the hybrid before I bought the road bike]
• 1^st first sportive (60+ mile Bike Blenheim Palace)
• 1^st 200km+ ride (115miles of Ride Around London sportive + to/fro venues)
• 1^st ride to another city – Cambridge (Ended up doing it over a dozen times)
• 1^st ride to and up Box Hill (Another place that became a regular feature on my rides)
• The cycle vacation in Brugge & West Flanders
• The cycle vacation in Catalonia, including ride up and over Els Angels into Girona

Finally, coming to plans for 2012. They are simple (and slightly repetitive):

• 4000 miles of riding, all inclusive
• More sportives (attended only 2 this year)
• Lower HR
• Better Climbing (subjective, but important)
• 100 50mile+ rides
• LEJOG / Cycling vacation in Lake District
• Cycling vacation on the continent, preferably closer to the Alps
• Get Rags a road bike and get her riding hills with me :)

Doable? Check back at end of year.

P.S.: While I missed my year end target of 3000 miles, Steve hit it with ease, finishing the year at 3,024 miles. His target, though, was 4000 miles. Good luck to him for 2012.