it took me six months and three bikes to get there, but this afternoon I finally reached 1,000 miles. I’m hoping I can do the next thousand in half the time (i.e., by the end of the summer).

at the risk of seeming melodramatic, just a quick thanks to the many members of the Boston cycling community who have helped me to do this, including:

• Doug Mink, the “human GPS” who has answered my endless questions about which route to take
• Nicole Freedman, Boston Bike Czar who got the lanes painted on Washington St (without which I would never have had the guts to try riding to work)
• Shane Jordan, who runs the extraordinarily helpful BostonBiker.org website, which taught me about the “door zone” and many other things

I know that 1,000 miles isn’t much to many cyclists. but as of last November, I hadn’t seriously ridden a bike in 20 years.