Another day, another smog alert. Even though it was less cold than yesterday and the wind seemed to have picked up a little, the air is still very polluted with fine dust particles. At work I was counting down the hours so I could ride home - with a 90kph speed limit on the highways - to get on my bike and ride out of 2008. I chose to do another Meerdael ride, more or less following the perimeter. When I started out it was still light and the temps were around 0 degrees C but very quickly the waning light called for some lights. The tracks were still frozen solid and with the Crossmax SL/ Nokian NBX Lite 2.2 in front and Crossmax SL/ Schwalbe Racing Ralph in the back I was making good speed. Nevertheless care had to be taken not to bump into the solid walls of a frozen tractor trail. I used a buff to breathe through to keep most of the dust particles out of my lungs. Or at least thats what I hope.
At the end of the ride I could make my final counts to close off the year 2008. I have biked 10283 km and accumulated 96855 positive heightmeters during 220 rides which took me 516hrs to complete. Not bad but I always hope for more. Had it not been for my back injury in september I would have surely reached the 100000 heightmeters mark, a goal I always set myself. The same goes for the 1000K a month which was also seriously hampered by my forced time off and recovery period during the months of september and october. Still, I am quite pleased with my biking year and look forward to new challenges in 2009.
Ride Stats : 36K and 365/385 heightemeters in 1h58mins
Stats for 2008 : 10283Km and 96855hm in 516h23mins
So my dear reader, the time has come to say goodbye to another year. I hope all went well for you and I also hope you enjoyed reading my bike related little scribblings in this blog . Please continue to pay me a visit from time to time in 2009 and also don't hesitate to react to the articles if you feel you have something to say or to add.
I close off by wishing EACH and EVERY ONE of YOU - and all those you hold dearly - a SPLENDID, FRUITFUL and above all HEALTHY 2009 !
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