Stats were down a little bit this month due to a nice week long vacation on Oahu - not that I’m complaining or anything!
April 2009
Total Distance - 237.31 miles
Total Time - 25:39:12 hours
Total Ascent - 30,219 feet
Total Calories Burned - 18,782
2009 YTD
Total Distance - 1088.96 miles
Total Time - 124:20:14 hours
Total Ascent - 138,083 feet
Total Calories [...]
Spent a lot of time on the saddle in March - due to Vision Quest and the 50 Mile Ride.
March 2009
Total Distance - 274.71 miles
Total Time - 35:07:20 hours
Total Ascent - 37,724 feet
Total Calories Burned - 22,239
2009 YTD
Total Distance - 851.65 miles
Total Time - 98:41:02 hours
Total Ascent - 107,864 feet
Total Calories Burned - 65,866
I got to take part in the Project Rwanda 50 Mile Ride for the first time. This purpose of this event is to raise funds to purchase new “Coffee Bikes” for folks in Rwanda. This was the 3rd year that this event took place. The previous two years had always been scheduled right [...]
I had first heard about the Vision Quest a few years ago. At that time, I thought it was only crazy elite mountain bikers who could pull something like that off - 55 miles on dirt with ~11,000 feet of elevation gain.
Well, 5 years later, 35 pounds lighter, and a couple of unhealthy habits gone, [...]
Busy start to 2009.
January 2009
Total Distance - 293.97 miles
Total Time - 33:25:29 hours
Total Ascent - 36,591 feet
Total Calories Burned - 22,104
Also put together a new bike to play with - the new Chumba VF2. I’m loving it with the Fox 36 up front.
Riding was a little limited in December. We got a bit of rain in So Cal - actually - cold rain - cold enough to leave some snow at some lower elevations. The snow and the wet conditions ended up temporarily closing some of the more popular local trails.
I’ve been messing around with a new [...]
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