Beginning today, Friday December 23, Jan and I are competing to see who can ride to Clanton, Alabama the fastest. All the bike riding will take place indoors, on our road bikes. I have a road map marked every ten miles, beginning in Spencerport and ending 800 miles later in the middle of Alabama. Pushpins will mark our progress along the route.
We are pretending to ride down state routes, not the Interstate system, similar to a route we might be able to ride in real life. Fifty dollars to the winner and even more important, bragging rights. Jan insists she will kick my butt, however I think she is delusional. It is a good motivational tool though and hopefully keeps us training more than we might otherwise have for a couple of months (or longer).
Why Clanton, Alabama? It's where our daughter Andrea lives. The ride is also good practice for thinking about bike touring in some future year. Anyone have other ideas for indoor bike training and motivation?
mw - I like to put a piece of chocolate cake on top of the TV while riding and try to get to it.
ReplyDeleteYou look like you've been eating chocolate cake!
ReplyDeleteand as the third member of the family who lives in NY would like to join the competition, the new start date is 12/25...game on!
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