"No, I fainted at my local coffee shop and picked up a concussion on my way down. The hip pain is unrelated -- "mild osteoarthritis." YEA! (said sarcastically.) However, it doesn't sound like I am ready for a hip replacement -- yet."

"Swooned in June, with a syncope episode, ER & admitted overnight for observation, plus significant left hip pain shutting me down after a heat dome ride on 6/21. Only 280.2 road miles on the month, pushing me to 1,797.4 miles Y-T-D. Now trailing…"

"While bumping my road miles up to 535.8 miles on the month, May made me lose another almost 400 miles to Curt(is)2023, now trailing by 636.4 miles. Sitting at 1,517.6 road miles y-t-d."

"Better performance than March, April action saw 370.8 miles to bring me up to 981.8 road miles y-t-d. Now trailing Curt(is)2023 by 245.2 miles. Gotta keep 'em in sight."

"Marched out with 175 miles on six days of cycling, sitting on April Fools Day with 611 road miles y-t-d. Now trailing Curt(is)2023 by 162 miles."

"February -- in like a cold bitch, out like a sociopath. After catching and surpassing Curt(is)2023 on 2/18, I have fallen back due to my long-awaited hernia procedure. No bike until late March, at best. With 346 miles on the month, I sit at 446 road…"

"Oh, and I almost forgot -- now trailing Curt(is)2023 by 81 miles."

"You surged ahead of me there, Bob. I had only 80 miles as of last weekend."

"You checked out some of local surf action?"

"Gun shy with the hernia, and yes, NOT interested in Frigid Degrees ride days anymore (been there, done that), and some "down time" resulted in a mere 120 miles for January. Yes, there were a number of perfectly good riding days that I…"

"Thanks for the invite -- I considered it last evening, but realized that it wasn't gonna happen for me at that point (around 2:30am!)"

"Although it was the warmest December in Chicago in decades, due to the continuing state of my hernia and travel, I rode a mere 5 days for 156 miles. My year-end total is 6,102.8 miles, only 50.2 miles short of Curt(is)2022. I also performed only 2…"

"November found me in the groove. I had caught Curt(is)2022 and was putting the hammer down. However, a stomach flu (I am still trying to get my gut biome back in balance) and the development of a hernia put the brakes on my mojo. I still had a…"

"With October's meager 390.3 road miles, I am caught and passed by Curt(is)2022 -- blowing what had been a 500+ mile lead in late August -- and now trailing by 73.7 miles. 5,411.3 miles y-t-d. *For comparison, my average mileage for the month…"

"Damn, Bob -- I dropped down to 18th Street yesterday afternoon myself."

"After 9 months gestation and a workman-like September of 567 miles, I'm sitting with 5,021 miles y-t-d, and dropping my lead on Curt(is)2022 to 156 miles. However, I did perform my first Perimeter Ride since late May."