How far do you ride each year? Planning 10000km.

Since I’ve been tracking it I’ve ridden over 5000km in 2012, 6kk in 2013, 7kk in 2014… and now I am trying to get to 8000km this year. Last year I was particularly driven and did 1200km in November and December, which I have never done the likes of before. It did involve some long dark evenings with very wet cold painful tootsies. I realised I need a plan to cover the distance during the summer so I don’t need to push so much in the winter. Whilst I was doing this I started to think about next year… why not skip 9000 and go straight to 10000km, it is an olympic year after all.

I realised it is possible by extending my commute by an average 5km and doing one metric a month and 50km other weekends. This seems like a lot of cycling, literally every weekend no matter the weather. I might have a bit of wiggle room in the summer but not much. It is going to take a bit of graft. I can only go a little bit faster, it will mainly just be more time in the saddle.

It makes me think, how far do other people go? Do you see any need to go past 10000km if you are not being paid to do it, quality not quantity. Feel free to dismiss my efforts as piffling mewlings.