January 2025 in Seattle was abnormally warm and dry and I rode just over 1,000 miles – well above what I’d expect to do at that time of year. The end of January / beginning of February, was cold and wet – only a little snow but Ice for a couple of weeks. I stuck close to home and only did about 150 miles before Odette and I left for a trip to Europe. When we got back on March 4th I knew that I wanted to get 1,000 miles in during what was left of March. That would still leave me with the shortest quarter since Q-1 2014, so a little more than 1,000 would be better. In order to get there I figured I’d ride 40 miles a day for 25 days leaving a couple of “spare” days to make up for bad weather or to overachieve. I started out with old favorites and quickly realized that I’d done half-a-dozen days without repeating a route. Naturally that prompted me to wonder if I could do that for the full 25. I turns out that I could – here are the maps – 25 rides for 1,032.5 miles, 53,576 feet of elevation and no repeats.
I would do a few of these differently next time, but if anybody is looking for a 40 mile ride starting in Phinney Ridge, any of these would be a reasonable place to start.