Today's weather was: Started out raining and gross, turned into a sunny day, 77, winds light from the NW...in other words, perfect ride weather!

Phew...man have I been busy! Training, training and more training! It's been an exciting couple of weeks; a couple of good rides here and there including four high mileage rides (15+) in a row before I took four days off to go to Texas to see my parents. Getting back, I jumped right back into the saddle and did a couple of good days, especially today. Today was the Saturday training ride with the RFL group. I love these group rides; the group is always fun and never leaves anyone behind, including those that get THREE FLAT TIRES on one ride. I discovered today that not only do I need new tires, but I also need a nifty mini-floor pump like Jake's. I am probably going to go tubeless after today's fiasco. I am going to check into that ASAP. A tune-up won't hurt, either...

So, here's today's ride stats since, out of all my rides, this one is the most impressive and important. I told myself that if I can do 60, I can do the whole 100. Well, not only did I do the whole 60, I finished STRONG and ready for more. I could have done another 40 easy. I'm ready.

Mileage: 60 miles
Time it took me: 3 hours, 52 minutes
Average speed: 15.5 mph
Maximum speed: 35.4 mph

At that rate? I would finish the ride in under 7 hours. Considering I get 10 hours to do it, that's damn fantastic.

Because I can't figure out how to post my calendar summary, here is a YouTube video of me being goofy on my bike:



Total miles completed since 4/6/08: 1480
Total to go: -480
I am 148% of the way there!

Total time spent in the saddle: 108.2 hours
Average speed for all rides: 13.68 mph

Total days trained since 4/6/08: 108
Total days not trained since 4/6/08: 39
I have trained 74% of the time.

Total gallons of gas saved (Prius average 48mpg): 30.83
Total $ saved on gas at current gas cost ($3.95) in the Prius: $121.79

I have burned a total of 55,848.77 calories.
That is: 103.42 Big Mac sandwiches, or 265.95 Hershey Bars!

I have lost a total of 19 pounds (15 fat, 4 lean); 9 inches, 7.1% of my body fat, and 3.1 units from my BMI.
I currently have a normal BMI, am athletic per body fat %, but am still apple shaped per my WHR!