Saturday, August 13, 2005

Day 91: 10 Days Left - Vegas

Only 10 days of riding to go... Vegas today and tomorrow.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.74 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 0 Minutes
Total Minutes: 2708 Minutes
Today's Distance: 0 Miles
Total Distance: 721.2 Miles

Friday, August 12, 2005

Day 90: Headin' to Vegas

If anything can be said about Vegas, it's that it is bound to be interesting. THere is never a dull moment in the city....

Heading out for Brent's bachelor party and it should be a blast... no riding on Saturday or Sunday.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.74 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 30 Minutes
Total Minutes: 2708 Minutes
Today's Distance: 8.0 Miles
Total Distance: 721.2 Miles

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Day 89: Service Travel Concert

Mark September 10th on your calendar. The Service Travel team is throwing a huge party at a Lunken Airport hangar, and we want you there! More details in the near future, but mark your calendars for now.

Today will likely be the last day off, other than the days I am out of town for the 100 day challenge.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.74 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 0 Minutes
Total Minutes: 2678 Minutes
Today's Distance: 0 Miles
Total Distance: 713.2 Miles

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Day 88: Assassination of Richard Nixon

I haven't commented in quite a while on any movies I've watched downstairs. I am watching the Assassination of Richard Nixon. Can't say it's a great movie, but it is actually intersting to me that this list piece of history is something I had never heard before. I wouldn't call myself a history buff, but seems like this is something I'd have heard of before.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.74 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 32 Minutes
Total Minutes: 2678 Minutes
Today's Distance: 9.6 Miles
Total Distance: 713.2 Miles

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Day 87: Bengals Training and Bike Double Duty

Spent the day down at Bengals training camp, what a great trip. It was a totally different experience than going to the game, much closer to the action. It almost feels like being in the practice.

Since I took the afternoon off, I rode the stationary bike in the morning and then rode the bike to volleyball in the evening.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.74 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 74 Minutes
Total Minutes: 2646 Minutes
Today's Distance: 20.2 Miles
Total Distance: 703.6 Miles

Monday, August 08, 2005

Day 86: Winding Down

Only 14 days left in the challenge. So far things are on pace, though I do have some challenges coming up to stay on pace, as I'll be in Vegas Fri-Sun this week, and Montreal Fri-Sun next week for bachelor parties, so I'll have to do a little double duty to stay on pace.

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.74 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 36 Minutes
Total Minutes: 2572 Minutes
Today's Distance: 9.8 Miles
Total Distance: 683.4 Miles

Sunday, August 07, 2005

Day 85: What a Ride

The Morning Glory (although WAY TOO EARLY) was amazing. What a different place the city is at 5:45 in the morning. Completely quite, everything is still. And then the ride starts and before you know it the sun is coming up and creating an erie calm feeling. It doesn't take long before you start seeing people and cars out and about.

It was amazing to see a collection of 2,000 cyclists of all levels out that early to take a long bike ride. You had options of 10, 13, 25 or 28 miles. With the longest including a 3 mile trek up to the top of Devou in Covington... a grueling ride, but well worth the early morning view.

I once again recognize my need for a road bike.. .even treking along on my mountain bike I was able to do okay.. .completing the 28 miles in just under 1:45 minutes.. not super fast, but considering the very slow start with all the cyclists, not too bad (the first 13 miles took just under 60 minutes). I finished about 50th out of 1200 or so that did the entire race.. not too bad for the kid on the moutain bike :)

In addition to the race, I rode my bike to and from the event for another 17 minutes and 4 miles... total: 32 miles, and 2:02. I am not just 14 minutes off pace!

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Total Pledged/minute: $0.74 + ($1 per pound lost + $0.01 per mile)
Today's Minutes: 122 Minutes
Total Minutes: 2536 Minutes
Today's Distance: 32 Miles
Total Distance: 673.6 Miles