Strava says I'm currently 156 miles behind my 2026 mileage goal (the biprime 2,866); and I haven't met my monthly goal (200 miles/month) even once this year.
I explain this lapse as a combination of weather and bugs. We had two successive weekends of ice and snow in Durham at the end of January. Then S got a cold, I got a cold, S got another cold, I got Covid, S got Covid, I was felled by spring allergies, and S was felled by spring allergies. We've been coughing for a good two months at this point and we're both ready for our Eustachian tubes to drain.
This isn't an excuse, just a placeholder to myself when I have to step up the miles at the end of the year.
