Today I rode my last mile of 2008. It was a brief 18-mile loop near my home. I’ve been off the bike for the last 7 weeks, and in case you didn’t know, here’s why:

On this final day of the year, I look back on the goals I set for 2008 and see how I’ve done.

Goal: 3 organized rides
Exceeded: 4 rides

Goal: 52 individual rides
Not Met: 44 rides total

Goal: 1,500 miles
So close!: 1,483 miles total

Clearly, if it wasn’t for the pesky kid I would have beat my mileage goal and likely come close to meeting my individual ride goal. Ah, the joys of parenthood

Looking back on it, 2008 was a great biking year for me. I met some new riding partners, accomplished some new feats, picked up a new ride and raised some cash for worthy charities. Who knows what 2009 will hold.

I’d like to thank everyone who helped me to get the most out of cycling this year including folks at work who ride with me, local partners game for a pick-up ride, Tracy for the support and everyone on Twitter who deals with the ride feed cluttering up my tweet stream.