Did my first official brevet today, the "Last Chance" New Year's Eve 200k. I actually rode about 140 miles because we rode to and from the start, as well as doing some "bonus miles" because my boyfriend (who was captaining the tandem) took one of his infamous detours.

I completed my first year of cycling (actually, 10 months) with 3305 miles, 1500 being on a single bike; took nearly 100 rides between the tandem and my single bikes, including one metric century, two full centuries, Waves to Wine (100+ miles on day one, 72 on day two), one official brevet and one unofficial (designed and led by a friend); did a lot of difficult climbing (having a sadistic cyclist friend who tricked me into going out on some "small hills and rollers" out in the foothills) and climbed well over 62,000 feet (Strava only recorded that much; I did probably a good 20,000 not on Strava as well); bought three bikes (and sold my starter bike in order to pay for the carbon bike); and basically kicked some a** and am now a "seasoned newbie."