Anybody thinking about FS366 for 2020?

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06-17-2020, 10:15 AM
Greenbelt

Anybody thinking about FS366 for 2020?

Even though I've been enjoying some virtual rides this Spring, so far I think I'm still also 100% on outdoor ride days so far in 2020. Barring injury or, heaven forbid, illness, I'm starting to feel like I might be obligated to try to extend indefinitely, possibly all year. It's sort of like even if you're not superstitious, it's important to respect a streak when you're lucky enough to have one going. Plus it's not like we'll be going on vacation this year! Anybody else tracking 100% so far? FS366? -Jeff
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06-17-2020, 02:47 PM
bikesnick

Yes, I have ridden outside everyday this year and am at day 295 since the recovery of my accident last summer.

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Even though I've been enjoying some virtual rides this Spring, so far I think I'm still also 100% on outdoor ride days so far in 2020. Barring injury or, heaven forbid, illness, I'm starting to feel like I might be obligated to try to extend indefinitely, possibly all year. It's sort of like even if you're not superstitious, it's important to respect a streak when you're lucky enough to have one going. Plus it's not like we'll be going on vacation this year! Anybody else tracking 100% so far? FS366? -Jeff
https://www.strava.com/athletes/488016
06-17-2020, 03:33 PM
Steve O

And CBGAnimal is way over 2000 consecutive days now. Not sure if she's caught Cal Ripken yet.
06-17-2020, 04:42 PM
Judd

I just passed four years of riding a bike every day. I don’t recommend it.

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06-17-2020, 05:26 PM
jrenaut

There are some days when the thought of riding my bike does not spark joy. I usually don't ride those days.
06-17-2020, 06:44 PM
drevil

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There are some days when the thought of riding my bike does not spark joy. I usually don't ride those days.

Same, but I'll ride anyways, and have always had my joy sparked at the end. That may change when it gets oppressively humid :(

There has never been a year in my life where I rode every day of that year, but since I'm on a roll this year, I'm gonna try my best to make it happen.
06-18-2020, 12:32 PM
bikesnick

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Originally Posted by jrenaut

There are some days when the thought of riding my bike does not spark joy. I usually don't ride those days.

Same, but I'll ride anyways, and have always had my joy sparked at the end.

Yes! This reminds me of two favorite quotes:

"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking."
--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"Ride as much or a little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride."
--- Eddy Merckx
06-18-2020, 01:13 PM
LhasaCM

Ending my streak at ~3.2 years in March when I got sick was both crushing and liberating. It changes day-to-day which feeling is more prevalent.
06-19-2020, 10:50 AM
ChristoB50

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Originally Posted by LhasaCM

Ending my streak at ~3.2 years in March when I got sick was both crushing and liberating. It changes day-to-day which feeling is more prevalent.

The pressure arising from our own stats, accumulating and tracking them, and seeing a streak grow and feeling compelled to maintain it -- it can be insidiously stressful in its own way!
06-20-2020, 08:28 AM
CBGanimal

Anybody thinking about FS366 for 2020?

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Originally Posted by Steve O

And CBGAnimal is way over 2000 consecutive days now. Not sure if she's caught Cal Ripken yet.

Yes I have reached day 2218 (6 years!) and I’m pretty happy i haven’t quit. I can count maybe 4 days when I have regretted the streak. More often than not, It’s my push out the door, my shake off the bad day, my reason to escape and most fun of all my reason to enjoy a beautiful day. My daughter used to tell her friends that I was her crazy biking mom but the other day I actually heard her brag a bit by telling her friend I had ridden all those days consecutively hahaha!

But I have a few more days to catch Cal Ripken!

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06-20-2020, 09:45 AM
bikesnick

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Originally Posted by CBGanimal

Yes I have reached day 2218 (6 years!) and I’m pretty happy i haven’t quit. I can count maybe 4 days when I have regretted the streak. More often than not, It’s my push out the door, my shake off the bad day, my reason to escape and most fun of all my reason to enjoy a beautiful day. My daughter used to tell her friends that I was her crazy biking mom but the other day I actually heard her brag a bit by telling her friend I had ridden all those days consecutively hahaha!

Congratulations!!!!!!
07-06-2020, 10:48 PM
drevil

As I sit here, 10:37pm, with the rain coming down hard in College Park, I'm wondering if tonight is the one where I break the streak. I didn't get a chance to go all day, partially because I was busy, but also because it was ridiculously humid (for my tastes). Usually, it's not a big deal to wait until night to ride. Tonight, it was a mistake. I didn't pay attention to the forecast, and now I have at least four warnings plastering across my phone's notification:

FLASH FLOOD!
EXTREME WEATHER!
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM!
IS YOUR ARK READY YET?!

Sigh.

When I was saddling up 10 minutes ago and opened the door to look outside, there was a flash of light, then a second later, "BOOOOOOM!" It was strong enough to set off my neighbor's car alarm. Going out right now in this torrential rain would be stupid. And selfish.

I'll wait until 11:30, and if it dies down, I'll get out with my raincoat and fenders and get soaked both inside and out. At least it's warm. If not, then the streak is broken :(

For those of you that bike through almost everything, what is it that makes you say: no way, nuh-uh, not gonna happen? Lightning storm? Thundersnow? 100 degrees with 90% humidity?
07-06-2020, 11:08 PM
obscurerichard

My family convinced me in late March that if I had COVID-19 it would be irresponsible to cycle though it broke my 86 day streak.

(The test was negative - but stopping cycling while I had symptoms was the responsible thing to do)

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07-07-2020, 12:06 AM
drevil

Anybody thinking about FS366 for 2020?

Well the thunder and lightning slowed down so I went for it at 11:31 pm. 4 miles short of my daily 10 mile goal, but I’m counting it [emoji854]

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07-07-2020, 06:55 AM
bikesnick

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Well the thunder and lightning slowed down so I went for it at 11:31 pm. 4 miles short of my daily 10 mile goal, but I’m counting it [emoji854]

Congratulations on another day, and thanks for waiting for the lightning to pass.
07-09-2020, 09:48 PM
CBGanimal

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Originally Posted by drevil

For those of you that bike through almost everything, what is it that makes you say: no way, nuh-uh, not gonna happen? Lightning storm? Thundersnow? 100 degrees with 90% humidity?

Trying to think back on almost 6 years and I just don’t know! The closest I came was when I went to Sint Maarten on vacation and the bike shop was closed. I did pay a man whose bike had no brakes and a bag covered a very worn saddle $10 dollars to ride it around the parking lot for 4 miles...I almost lost my streak that day!
07-10-2020, 12:30 AM
kwarkentien

Anybody thinking about FS366 for 2020?

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Originally Posted by CBGanimal

Trying to think back on almost 6 years and I just don’t know! The closest I came was when I went to Sint Maarten on vacation and the bike shop was closed. I did pay a man whose bike had no brakes and a bag covered a very worn saddle $10 dollars to ride it around the parking lot for 4 miles...I almost lost my streak that day!

I didn’t have that much gumption when my streak ended after 454 days while on a business trip in Mexico City in 2016. I did eye the street vendor’s trike for a moment but the thought of being thrown into a Mexican prison kept me from doing that. And now I’ve lost all drive to get another streak going.

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10-27-2020, 11:41 AM
Greenbelt

I missed a day on Oct 12 -- Canadian Thanksgiving. I had made a vow that the streak was only valid if every day's ride had a purpose: workout, pleasure, commute, shopping/utility. On the 12th, I had to help with a coffee shop supply run (by car, sadly) in the morning, then go visit my parents in the wilds of VA for Canadian Thanks, then finally got home at about 7pm in a rainy dark drizzle. No ride that day! But that's still 299/300 days for 2020 so far, not too bad.
01-01-2021, 10:06 PM
obscurerichard

Did anyone manage to ride all 366 days?

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01-01-2021, 10:43 PM
kwarkentien

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Did anyone manage to ride all 366 days?

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Chris Watson certainly did, and I’m betting there are at least a few others as well (Chris Randall and AndyR perhaps).

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01-02-2021, 03:50 AM
Dachs6

I did not...I was about 50 short, between two crashes (one being stupid on gravel, and one when a car turned in front of me) and COVID in October, it was not possible. Maybe this year I can get to 365. 366 will come back around in '24, and I should be back in the DMV by them.
01-02-2021, 07:20 AM
bikesnick

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Did anyone manage to ride all 366 days?

Yes, all 366 and 492 in a row. A long way to catch up to Chris who inspires me.
01-02-2021, 06:28 PM
Greenbelt

363/366, not a bad percentage. Missed a day in each of Oct, Nov, and Dec.
01-02-2021, 06:50 PM
drevil

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Did anyone manage to ride all 366 days?

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2020 was the first time I’ve ridden every day in a year [emoji1738]

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