I slacked off this month compared to last. Spent about 8 less hours on the bike. Climbed 11,000 feet less. I guess I can attribute that to taking two Saturdays off.
September 2009
Total Distance - 418.12 miles
Total Time - 41:33:40 hours
Total Ascent - 40,886 feet
Total Calories Burned - 30,921
2009 YTD
Total Distance - 2917.46 miles
Total Time [...]
Onto August already. July was actually a down month for me. Spent some days traveling for business. Doing more group rides.
Guess I’ll just take July as my “break”. Going to start ramping up for the 12 Hours of Temecula in November soon enough.
July 2009
Total Distance - 236.74 miles
Total Time - 24:06:26 hours
Total Ascent [...]
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, [...]