New year, new beginnings

Happy New Year! This afternoon, I clicked on my Strava app and instinctively went to my stats page. I was shocked by what I saw. Everything had reset to ZERO. All of my hard work, my blood, sweat, tears: gone. But not to worry, too much. It’s January 1. It’s a new year for Strava, and Strava has to reset stats sometime. So the year begins on January 1. And not just mine, but everybody’s stats go to ZERO.

When I looked at my Strava stats page, I was a little shocked. “What?!” I thought to myself! “What happened to all my hard earned work???” Last year I put in 2,000 miles, and lots of elevation, and lots of hours. I worked hard last year. I was proud of my accomplishments last year.

But there’s also something to be said about having a brand new, clean start. It’s a brand new beginning. All of my Strava buddies are tied with me. It’s a new game!

• New beginnings = optimism.
• New beginnings = clean.
• New beginnings = freedom.

But it’s not a completely new beginning. If you go to the bottom of the stats page, you can see the history and total miles. My total miles are still there, and there is a definite foundation to build upon. I know better this year where I am heading than I did last year. I know what it took to put in 2,000 miles this year. So I know what to anticipate this year. Lots to improve on. But the foundation is there for an even better year!

What are your goals for this new year?

Poor Richard talked about the new year:

Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man. (Poor Richard’s Almanac)

So I look at my stats. ZERO. For now. But I look at everyone else’s stats. Zero!

So, BF, BI, TH, PC, FI, CP, and all my other Strava family: Happy New Year!

and…

Game on!