Easily the lightest year of the month on the mileage front. With an expensive trip to Dublin, my average cost per mile bumped up a few digits, but at $0.94 remains below a dollar per mile. I don't foresee any major expenses over the next two months, so I should be able to keep the cost per mile below a dollar. That said, the mileage will likely be light through November, before the ratchet comes into effect in December, so the average could creep up again in November.

Miles will be well over 3,000 for the year, which is encouraging, and should end up somewhere in the 3,300-3,400 zone - easily a personal record. Despite a really light climbing month, I have so far scaled the equivalent of 14 Everests (sea to summit) this year in vertical gain.

October Spending

Oct 6 - Track and back - $3
Oct 8 - Compression shorts - $9.60
Oct 10 - 100 miles to nowhere - $11
Oct 11 - Brooks T6 Flats - $67.95
Oct 12 - Track and back - $3
Oct 19 - Track and back - $3
Oct 26 - Dublin entry - $100
Oct 26 - Lon to Dublin - $90
Oct 28 - Hotel - $40
Oct 28 - Beers, food, Dublin travel, etc - $80

Totals:

Spending ................ $407.50
Mileage .................... 191 (12,500')
Spending per mile .. $2.13

YTD Totals

Dollars:

Jan ......... $456
Feb ......... $284
March ...... $30
April ........ $318
May ......... $498
June ........ $366
July ......... $106
August .... $178
Sept ........ $50
Oct .......... $407.50
To date .... $2,685.50

Miles:

Jan ................ 265 (33,000 feet)
Feb ................ 259.5 (40,350 feet)
March ........... 302 (32,050 feet)
April ............. 247.5 (31,300 feet)
May ............... 513 (67,000 feet)
June .............. 268 (46,150 feet)
July ............... 228 (50,650 feet)
August ........... 282 (56,700 feet)
September ..... 309 (39,000 feet)
October .......... 191 (12,500 feet)

To Date ......... 2,865 (408,500 feet)
Monthly Ave .. 286.5 (40,850 feet)

Spending per Mile: $0.94