Over $2,000 . . . and counting!

With June coming to a close, it's time to add up my miles and make my monthly contribution to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. This month's contribution totaled $101, which included my own contribution of $51 (for 203.7 miles), along with a friend's contribution of $50.

I've reached another milestone! This latest posting brings my "One for All" initiative's total mileage to 2,631.6 and its total contribution to $2,075 since its inception in the spring of 2007. My total mileage for 2009 now stands at 523.1.

Today -- my final vacation day in FY2009 -- I rode an additional 20.8 miles through Bartlett, Hanover Park, and Schaumburg, stopping along the way at Starbucks and to deliver a gift. It was a very comfortable ride, with temperatures that started near 80, but fell to the mid-70s as the clouds rolled in from the north. The biggest problem -- again -- was the wind, which blew from the northwest with occasional gusts. So ends my four-day riding streak, my longest such streak since July of 2008.