I ended up riding 455 miles in December. That gave me 3,780 total miles ridden in 2023. That’s much closer to the 4,000 miles I had hoped to ride than I thought I would achieve. It came about because of an upswing in mileage that started the last week of September. That week, I rode 105 miles. It was the first time since I cratered with COVID in October 2020 that I had managed to ride 105 miles in a single week. But, the rest of 2023, I rode 105 miles every week. It signals a really nice improvement in my health that I’m hoping will last for a while.

Here is December 8th’s route. It was my only outdoor ride in the month of December.