RESULTS: June "Bike Lots" Challemge

Because of this challenge, I've reached new levels on the bike. 

Thanks for doing all the leg work John.

Pappa Bear, thanks for the work you put into this and being the unofficial officiator.

Great job, everyone! Congrats to the Men on their impressive showing!

Seconded, thirded, hundrethed...THANK YOU BEAR!  I think this challenge pushed the guys AND the ladies to new lengths. I know I don't feel like I have another mile in me.   18K miles?  Dang...

And congrats to the guys, you really busted it out.

OH!  And Renee and Motivated, for keepin' us all going   You two ROCK!

Thanks, Renee, Motivated and bear - great leaders, motivators and smack talkers, all!

Hope everyone had a blast this month achieving new heights of riding and new depths of love for for their bikes (my bike will be named the other party in my divorce if I'm not careful )

This was a lot of fun.  CONGRATULATIONS to the 'Bones on a hard won, well deserved victory!

It's great to see that so many people were to pushed to and above their goals.  Guys, you were highly motivated to win, and you rode lots to prove it!  Ladies- look at how many of made goal or got really close!  Congrats to all on a great month of riding lots!

Thanks to Renee, Motivated and Bear, and everyone who offered inspires and good ol' smack talk to keep us all going.

Sarah

Thanks to the Gear Goddessses for motivating us guys to ride so much.  Believe me, we couldn't have done it without you.

Thanks bear for your quantitative skills.

Thanks motivated for...er...your motivation.

After all is said and done can we really say we thought there would be any other outcome?!?

Just an update for me: I'm at 128.1 miles out of my 120 goal.  Sorry for being offline all week!

-- Gwendal

As a newbie biker, I am so glad I found this site.  The challenge helped me improve a LOT.  110-miles is my personal record (since late April, when I first got my bike).  It makes my training much easier to have some goal to look forward to. 

Thanks everyone, keeping me motivated.  Special thanks to Renee and the Bear who keep tract of the mileage.  The month of June prepares me well for my first tri, which will be exactly a month away. 

I think any charity is a good charity.

However, I vote for Aplastic Anemia not only because my wife is stricken with the disease but because:

1. it's such a rare disease (2-3 out of a million people) that these people have VERY little resources (no Lance Armstrongs or Team in Training) to help them raise money to find a cure
2. there has been INCREDIBLE progress towards a cure since 1983; reducing the mortality rate from 80% in 1983 down to 30% today ! !
3. finding a cure is not a priority for pharmaceutical companies or research universities

People with rare diseases NEED OUR HELP !

YOU AND ME BOTH!  And I rode 68 more today....I'm nuts.