1104 For the Win!

Miles Ridden Today:59.1
Total Miles Ridden in June:1104.7
Avg/Day:36.8
So despite yesterday's little crackup, I went riding today - back out to redmond - I just wanted something flat so I could get it over with. Today I ran into an interesting group of riders (150+) - they are members of a church denomination celebrating 150 years. So members from various churches are riding from coast to coast to raise awareness for poverty. Apparently earlier in the week they had been out at the pacific ocean and were now riding to New Jersey (Really... couldn't they have picked somewhere a little more appealing? ;) The ages for the people riding ranged from 17 to 82 and they are going to do 3500 miles in 9 weeks - or averaging 55 miles per day - given that I only managed a little under 37 - it will be very impressive (at least to me). A quick websearch found a blog from one of the riders: http://www.krabbe.ca/seatosea.php - apparently the ride is for the Christian Reform Church.

But still - I won the renegotiated wager with Scott - so while it's not quite 1500 miles in june, 1100 is significantly more than I have ever ridden before in a month. At the start of the month, for me riding to the Redhook Brewery took just under 2 hours (1:57), and today - despite having a sore knee, arm, foot, blisters on my toes and fingers and spending a long time going slow talking with riders from the group of 150 - I still managed to make it to the brewery in 1:30. A significant improvement in riding performance.
The major downside to all this? I spent more on Bicycle maintenance than I won in the bet :)