210 in 2010 Challenge

I've spent the last few months pondering a new challenge for myself and I've finally decided on one. I'm calling it the "210 in 2010 Challenge". For this challenge I will attempt to commute to work by bike 210 of the 365 days in 2010. 

How did I come up with 210 days? Well, I started with the 365 days that are in a year, and since this challenge is for commuting to work I discarded weekends and holidays. That gave me a total of 251 days. I'm the type of person who uses every last second of vacation and sick time, so after taking all that into account I was left with 234 days. That's 234 days that I could potentially use to commute. I'm giving myself 24 days to use for when it's just not logical to ride, like for my dentist appointment that's way down in Sarasota. That gives me my 210 days.

The "210 in 2010 Challenge" will start on Jan. 1st, 2010 and run until Dec. 31st, 2010. If I am to succeed I'll have to spend over 420 hours in the saddle and travel over 5,000 miles. I'll have to ride in temperatures ranging from the 30s to the 90s and relative humidities reaching above 90%. I'll get soaked by the Florida summer rains and blown over by the tropical storms. It's definitely going to interesting.


I'd also like to challenge all of you to either attempt the 210 in 2010 Challenge or make up a commute by bike challenge of your own. If anyone decides to attempt this challenge or create one of their own let me know and keep me posted on your progress.


Wish me luck and stay tuned for updates.