Jeff Cagle
i am a freelance documentary and editorial photographer living in the chicago suburbs.
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23.2 miles in 94 minutes. Calories burned: 1,364. Altitude climbed: 758 feet.
Today I officially passed the 500 mile mark on my new bike. It took me less than two months to acheive it. When I bought my bike I knew I wanted to ride to get me off the boredom of the treadmill — which I could barely stand using for a 20-minute run — and out onto the road, but I didn’t really expect to get this hooked. I haven’t ridden my motorcycle in more than a month, and I’m even contemplating selling it so that I can get another bicycle. Whenever it’s nice and I want to get out on the road, I’d rather just use my own two legs to get around.
I’m always unsure as to at what point you can consider yourself a part of a culture; I still consider myself a hockey player even though I haven’t been on the ice in a year, but I played for about 3/4 of my life. I may still be a rookie having just reignited my passion for bicycles this spring, I think after 500 miles in less than 60 days I can officially consider myself a cyclist without hesitation.
Side note: I’m pretty good with direction, but if you take a look inside the yellow circle, I got a little turned around today near downtown Naperville on part of my ride. I knew where I was at all times, but my GPS on my B.iCycle app kept telling me that streets I was on were thru streets, which they obviously weren’t. I think I may have found a new favorite weekend route. I also combined two separate tracks because my phone was dying and I knew I was close to the 500 mile mark and didn’t want to lose my data.
500 miles in less than 60 days. You should see the tan lines from my cycling shorts.
