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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Well, I didn't hit my 125% goal, but I did make 120%. I rode more miles this month I did in any month prior, so the challenge helped me reach a whole new plateau. There's still a few hours left in the month, so if you're not at your goal yet, get out and ride! Go Bones. |
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Yo, Captain 'Bones. The Goddesses are 1 Goddess away from having 90% of Goddesses reach or exceed 90% of their goals. I promised them that, if 90% of Goddesses hit 90% or > of goal, we'd send ya 38 cupcakes as thanks for motivating us to pedal, pedal, pedal (in a roundabout, reverse psychology, smackingly annoying kind of way). Off Ashford-Dunwoody, is that correct? I believe the building is about 1 block from the building I worked in when I was recruiting in Atlanta. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Sorry guys, but I'm not gonna' make it. 261.1/300 is the best I could come up with. Thanks for challenging me to go further in one month than I thought possible (especially the past few days) ![]() -Frank |
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Elite Veteran![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() scuba, people with webbed hands and feet generally have trouble on the bike. It is a well-known Louisiana fact. Good job on your 260+ miles this month. |
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Elite Veteran![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Yes, double post. But before this thread fades away, Triple Threat's post about his bike thinking about sending him to sleep in the basement is a classic. Yep, my bike and I are planning a trial separation for a few days. Good job, 'bones. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() 7.16 miles on my wifes mtn bike. I think that's 127% for the month. I was hoping to get a few more in but when I got home from work my wife informed me we were going running. Did I say running, she actually said speed work at the track. I obeyed hoping we would get done quickly, but alas we had to wait on a friend when we got to the track. I am convinced a goddess used goddess powers to make my wife want to run. We did the speed work and drove home. It was approaching 7:30 so I realized I couldn't ride the road bike to the levy and the neighborhood on the road bike is just dumb. I decided to ride my wifes mtn bike around the neighborhood till dark. She looked at me as if I were crazy and then insisted I go inside and get a helmet. My wife knows I hate the mtn bike. My last attempts at riding them, an adventure race (my last) and a mtn bike race (my last) I ended up injured and sore and hurt my training. I don't know how to operate schrader valves and loath not being aero. I got the bike out, made sure the speedometer worked and took off. I rode through yards, over curbs, through parking lots and all over side walks. I calculated that every 3.5 miles increased my score by 1% (I am an accountant and constantly calculate s#*%. I pushed the sucker up to 12 miles an hour once and it was dark when I finally hit 7. Hope the miles weren't necessary, but just in case!!! I am sorry if the post is just about stupid, its those post challenge endolphins swimming up in my brain. Its been alot of fun guys, way to push. Manatee Express |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Last ride of the month today Bones. Got another 30 in...didn't reach the goal I wanted, but hey, life happens. 395/481 = 82%. Hope that keeps us high enough to spank the Chyks! Strong, strong work all you Boners who were way over your goals! Now we all just need to keep up the pace! |
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![]() I do it for the bones........ Wanted to get home and ride to the gym for masters... Didn't make it, so I improvised. Got to the gym, put on my cozy post swim clothes nd sandals, hopped on the bike - no helmet, no fancy padded shorts, no shoes - and rode down the strand, a nice 10 mph ride to finish off the month at............................................................... 250.26/200 == 125% + !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's twice my highest month ever Thanks to the bones and the goddesses for pushing me to new heights. Regardless of what happens, my $20 is going as a thanks to whatever charity is chosen. Chris |
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Elite ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I got my last ride in of the month tonight. I'm officially at 558.8/500. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Got the last miles in tonight -- most were in the dark. I will tell you it is almost surreal going 20 mph in the dark as opposed to the light. I kept imagining a warewolf jumping out from a ditch to knowck me off the bike so I couldn't complete my ride. Damn these miles have made me go CRAZY! MTD = 122.2% of goal. Mike |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() One more quick ride for me as well to put the month away. I'm at 209/150 = 1.39%. Aside from the riding, I think the best thing I got out of it was to start waking up about twice a week for early morning rides. Mornings and I have an understood hate/hate relationship, but after I'm out there I feel good, even though it's only about a 10 mile ride. Good way to start the day. And since races aren't held at 6 or 7 at night, I need to get used to morning workouts anyway. |
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Expert![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I've noticed that when my bike and my wife are in the same room ... they refuse to make eye contact. When they walk past each other I hear "cat hissing" sounds. I turn around and both of them act like they don't know anything about it. My wife has commented that when I am not around, my bike struts around the house as if it is "Queen of the Castle". This could get ugly. |
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Resident Curmudgeon ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Give yourselves and your crotches a well-deserved day off, boys. You done good. Results here: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=20845&posts=1#s Karl, if you would, set about some way of designating a charity for the |
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Elite ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Way to go brother Bones!! I just LOVE cupcakes!! If we haven't designated a charity yet, I would recommend the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure once again. I have a website already set up to take online donations, and it is a great cause. Being that the Tour is a cycling event, and this was a cycling challenge, it also makes sense. I've raised $6500 so far, so a few hundred more would be great! Especially since I fundraised my butt off, and then the night before my ride, a college kid showed up at the ADA office with his dad, and asked the ADA rep that was running the ride (and had been sending out fundraising updates via email telling all riders about my progress since I was so far ahead of previous fundraisers for this event) how much I had raised to date. When she told him my total, his dad donated a check for $2000 on the spot so that his spoiled kid would be ahead of me and designated the top fundraiser in the history of the Texas rides. I didn't find out until all 1,000 of us were at the start line for the ride and the spoiled kid was presented the #1 bib by Kevin Livingston...I was pissed! I am still top for my region, but another $200 or so would put me back ahead of him. Plus, it was my longest cycling event to date, so it is near and dear to me. If this works for the Bones, I'm providing the link here so Karl can send it over to the cupcakes as a link. If you guys want to do a different charity, that's cool too. http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?px=2247832&fl=en_US&s_tafId=15980&pg=personal&fr_id=2332] Edited by OldAg92 2005-07-01 6:43 AM |
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Extreme Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() got another 18.25 last night in before the dead line so ended with 192.54/135 142.6% way to go big bones..... |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Congrats bones. Helluva month. Well done to all. I'm certainly ok with any charity. If given a choice, I'd prefer to support a cancer related charity. I've got a co-worker of mine whose cancer came out of remission in Jan this year and is struggling to make some progress in chemo. I think another one of our own here at BT has a family member that's affected by Leukemia. Jeff |
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Buttercup ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Congratulations, 'Bones! Great effort from everybody. Looking at the spreadsheet makes me very proud. So many men and women hitting/exceeding their goals; very impressive. Fantastic effort from everybody. I really enjoyed the challenge and the high profile nature of it forced me to push further and harder than I've done since starting my bike training. Thanks for competing/playing! Now I just need to find out where Karl wants those 38 cupcakes delivered... |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I'd prefer a cancer related charity also. A friend succumbed earlier this week to breast cancer. |
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Elite ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() 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:
People with rare diseases NEED OUR HELP ! |
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Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Mea Culpa ... I feel horrible about not holding up my end of the bargain, boys. Between my race last week and 3 days in Chicago this week, not only have I not hit my biking goal, I've had 3 consecutive days off - a first since Aug. 16, 2004. I had my second best bike month ever, but I was still short of my promised 450 miles. Is there a punishment? I mean, do I have to run through town in a diaper or something? For some reason, my work computer is filtering out the results link. I presume we won. Congratulations to everyone for a fantastic job, and thanks for hauling my ass on your backs! |
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