Its going to be close.....

[cyberknight]

At 24 miles, mine is not the longest daily commute (by far) but I do ride to work almost all the time. Just coming up to the end of my 4th year commuting and I've beaten my 5k 'target' every year since I started, and mid September saw me hit the 20,000 mile mark.

Rather than try and hit mileage marks though, I go for the longest continuous run without resorting to the motorbike. Did 4 months straight this year, so I was well chuffed with that.

How did you manage to cycle for 4 months? did your family set up feed stations and let you sleep in the garage? its the toilet stops that were tricky i bet

 

[Frood42]

I had no real mileage target for the year when I started out (as it was my first year commuting), it was just see what I could do.
Strava tells me I have done 7658.7 miles (not counting this morning).

So another 342 miles to reach a nice round figure of 8000 miles, if I don't reach it, can't complain at what I have done (I have till the 19th December to get there).

Very happy person here either way!

Got a bit of work to do to catch @Supersuperleeds though.
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[Beebo]

i was aiming for 5,000, but will make do with 4,500 as I was working abroad for 7 weeks of this year.

 

[HLaB]

My initial target was the national average 47.6miles; IIRC that was the Tuesday. My next target was 10,000miles reached that by the end of August. I passed the revised target 12,000miles a while back too and 14,000miles. But my final target of 1k miles a month is looking a bit shakey at the moment unless I get back on the bike soon.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I don't bother with targets really, I've ridden when I can and not when I can't. I've not skived or slacked off when my knee has been servicable, so that'll do for me.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I had no real mileage target for the year when I started out (as it was my first year commuting), it was just see what I could do.
Strava tells me I have done 7658.7 miles (not counting this morning).

So another 342 miles to reach a nice round figure of 8000 miles, if I don't reach it, can't complain at what I have done (I have till the 19th December to get there).

Very happy person here either way!

Got a bit of work to do to catch @Supersuperleeds though.
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Cheers, 8,000 miles in your first year is a bloody good effort

 

[Supersuperleeds]

My initial target was the national average 47.6miles; IIRC that was the Tuesday. My next target was 10,000miles reached that by the end of August. I passed the revised target 12,000miles a while back too and 14,000miles. But my final target of 1k miles a month is looking a bit shakey at the moment unless I get back on the bike soon.

That's my target next year. This year I hopefully will finish on 10 months hitting it.

 

[HLaB]

That's my target next year. This year I hopefully will finish on 10 months hitting it.

You'll hit it easy. I thinking of next year tailoring my riding more to TT's and perhaps racing, less of the epic rides so I've no idea where that'll leave me.

 

[Col5632]

I'm glad to beat mine and hopefully do even more next year, i've went from 900 miles in 2011, 2,100 in 2012 to over 3,000 this year

 

[4F]

Yep beat mine, my aim was to beat last years total (1925) So far this year I have done 4094

 

[BlackPanther]

How did you manage to cycle for 4 months? did your family set up feed stations and let you sleep in the garage? its the toilet stops that were tricky i bet

Actually, on a recumbent you're already in the 'toilet position'. Just cut a small hole in the seat, and 'Hey Presto' no need to stop! Not ideal for any cyclists behind though.

 

[Hip Priest]

I hit it with a few weeks to spare, so I'm happy. Means I can take the train guilt-free if it snows. Going to ramp it up to 5000 next year, god help me.