While I was trying to gain some traction in foot deep snow on Sunday, I remembered why I had some misgivings about setting a goal of 4,000 miles for 2008.
Ten days left in the year, and I'm 98 miles shy of my goal. It's been snowing for four days and I'm seeing no sign of it letting up.
So I take off for the slowest ride I've ever taken — 5 1/2 miles in an hour and 12 minutes — by following the water pipeline trail over to Lake Boren in nearby Newcastle, WA.
The snow on the roads was the consistency of a slurpee, so I could barely push my bike uphill. I made decent time on the packed footpath until that petered out, then I slipped and slid the rest of the way.
A couple of things made this trip worthwhile, though: I gained a real appreciation for snow cyclists like Jill at Up in Alaska (arcticglass.blogspot.com) and realized I could probably hit my 4,000-mile goal if I went back and rounded up the mileages of all my rides.
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