Day 56: Weekend Bike Ride

I'm really enjoying the outdoor rides, so much that I think I may go to BioWheels soon and see about getting a cheap road bike. It will be better than treking along on a mountain bike.

Today I road from my house in Newport all the way along Eastern Ave to Lunken Playfields, and road around the bike trail at Lunken. Though riding on the street isn't my favorite, there isn't a lot of traffic on Eastern, so it wasn't bad. It's my longest ride yet...

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.54 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 90 Minutes
Total Minutes: 1700 Minutes
Today's Distance: 22 Miles
Total Distance: 440.2 Miles

Day 55: Weekend with Friends

Seems like so much is going on that sometimes it's hard to make time to get together with everyone. So it's nice when there is a weekend that not a lot is going on, so that you can spend the evening with friends.

Melanie and I are going to dinner tonight with KJ and Suzanne, and then on Saturday with Greg and Meg... We haven't seen either in too long. I really look forward to it.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.54 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 37 Minutes
Total Minutes: 1610 Minutes
Today's Distance: 9.8 Miles
Total Distance: 418.2 Miles

Day 54: Clean Teeth

I forgot how much I enjoy going to the dentist. Clean teeth are always good. So Clean teeth and a quick bike ride, I'm healthy all the way around.

Now I just need to schedule my doctor appointment so I can get my shots and physical for the trip to Ecaudor.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.54 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 30 Minutes
Total Minutes: 1573 Minutes
Today's Distance: 7.8 Miles
Total Distance: 408.4 Miles

Day 53: Meetings Galore

No time today to hit the bike. I've got a meeting for the upcoming Mayoral Forum that Give Back and Legacy are working on, and then an Event Comittee meeting for Give Back...

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.54 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 0 Minutes
Total Minutes: 1543 Minutes
Today's Distance: 0 Miles
Total Distance: 400.6 Miles

Day 52: Back to the Basement

As much fun as the ride was yesterday, I will find it difficult to make time in my schedule to do a ride like that during the work week...but the bike in the basement certainly makes it easy to get a quick ride in.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.54 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 26 Minutes
Total Minutes: 1543 Minutes
Today's Distance: 6.9 Miles
Total Distance: 400.6 Miles

Day 51: 4th of July - Long Ride

Went out to Milford, OH to ride the Miami Valley Bike Trail to Loveland. This trail will eventually be part of a 350 mile rails-to-trails bike path from the Ohio River in Cincinnati to Lake Erie in Cleveland. What a great ride that will be! For now the path runs about 70 miles from Milford up to Springfield, OH.

It's a ton of fun... we rode up to Loveland, grabbed some lunch at a great brick oven pizza place (The Works) and then rode back to the car in Milford.

Riding with the wife is a little slower, but still a great workout, and she did awesome for not riding much. Plus, there is a LOT to be said for a road bike for speed... riding those mountain bikes even on a paved trail is a challenge. But I look forward to doing it again.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.54 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 100 Minutes
Total Minutes: 1517 Minutes
Today's Distance: 18.0 Miles
Total Distance: 393.7 Miles

Day 50: The Half Way Point

Well... It was the half way point, but I spent the day relaxing, hanging out with the nieces and nephew and getting ready for my first bike ride with the wife during this challenge tomorrow.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.54 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 0 Minutes
Total Minutes: 1417 Minutes
Today's Distance: 0 Miles
Total Distance: 375.7 Miles