Opening myself up to the prospect of public confession and associated humiliation if I can’t ride my bike every day certainly does the trick. I successfully completed #30daysofbiking this April.

Similar to my blog-a-day self-imposed challenge in September 2011, I made it harder on myself by committing at the beginning to writing a blog post every day on a word that emerged as the theme for that day’s riding. I started with a whole list of words I brainstormed in case my well of inspiration ran dry along the way, and never looked at it after I got started. Bicycling and paying attention provided more than enough words along the way.

30 Days of Biking, 30 Words, 30 Pictures

• Day One: Fun
• Day Two: Flexibility
• Day Three: Color
• Day Four: Racing
• Day Five: Weather
• Day Six: Dates
• Day Seven: Left
• Day Eight: Leadership
• Day Nine: Outdoors
• Day 10: Snohomish
• Day 11: Home
• Day 12: Friends
• Day 13: Sounds
• Day 14: Driving
• Day 15: Taxes
• Day 16: Blogs
• Day 17: Magic
• Day 18: Sunshine
• Day 19: Cookies
• Day 20: Purpose
• Day 21: Aches
• Day 22: Habits
• Day 23: Eyes
• Day 24: Wind
• Day 25: Don’t
• Day 26: Shopping
• Day 27: Jerseys
• Day 28: Morning
• Day 29: Sun!
• Day 30: Happy!

Your Turn

• Did you do 30 Days of Biking?
• Did it make a difference for your riding habits?
• Share the links if you blogged about it.