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I set a bicycling goal of 3,000 miles last year, but I pulled off only 2,535.6 — which is pretty good considering I had major medical problems in September and October that ended my 2019 cycling season prematurely.

By comparison, I biked 2,287.8 miles in 2018, and 1448.9 in 2017.

Long-distance bicycling is exhilarating, with moments of transcendence. Here are the year’s high points:

This worldwide group activity, headed up by Twin Cities resident Patrick Stephenson,...