Last week, I told you that the average Dutch person cycled a total distance of 883 km (549 mi) in 2005. (The number for 2006 is not available yet, but it’s no doubt close.) I thought it would be interesting to see how far I pedal in a year, so I did some calculating…

• Home to work: 3.7 km (2.3 mi) one way, five days a week, 44 weeks a year (allowing for holidays, meetings, conferences and the like) for a total of 1628 km (1012 mi).
• Shopping: on average 1.0 km (0.6 mi) one way (depending on where I go), twice a week, 48 weeks a year for a total of 192 km (119 mi).
• Baseball practices, games and umpiring: 1.9 km (1.2 mi) one way, three times a week, 30 weeks a year for a total of 342 km (213 mi).
• Visiting family and friends (i.e. cycle to the railway station and take the train from there): 1.6 km (1.0 mi) one way, roughly once a week, 48 weeks a year for a total of 154 km (96 mi).

Putting everything together, I cycle some 2316 km (1439 mi) per year, plus or minus a few dozen depending on the accuracy of my estimates. That’s more than 2.5 times the national average: not bad! If only the weather wouldn’t be as horrendous as it has been the last couple of days (lots of rain and wind), I’d be even happier :-)

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