PEDALING PERSISTENCE
CYCLIST LOGS 10,000 MILES IN 2011
Posted: January 8, 2012 at 5 a.m.
Philip Zweig made a New Year’s resolution at the end of 2010 to ride his bicycle every day in 2011, and he completed that resolution Dec. 31, having logged more than 10,000 miles.
While taking a walk through the cold winter air, Philip Zweig recalled a thought that occurred to him several weeks before. He had a notion on that New Year’s Day to ride his bike every single day in 2011.
“There is a biorhythm that says, ‘Why am I doing this?’ Deep down inside, I know I don’t want to stop, I’m just having a moment of doubt right now.”
PHILIP ZWEIG Fayetteville cyclist
BY THE NUMBERS
PHILIP ZWEIG’S BIKE RIDES
10,358.16 - Miles ridden in 2011
27 - Number of hours ridden consecutively during one stretch of the trip
20+ - Inches of snow that fell during February
111 - Temperature of the warmest day during his bike ride
Minus 4 - Temperature of the coldest day during his bike ride
901 - Hours spent on the bike during 2011
Nearly 2,000 - Amount, in dollars, of donations raised for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church’s lunch program
SOURCE: WWW.MYLIFEASABIKE.BLOGSPOT.COM
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