Rick's Spin Class

We rode just an hour today in the 9:15 am spin class at the "Fatness Center".

Rick as brutal as usual, making us do high intensity intervals.

Burned well over 1000 calories! My watch didn't get a reading for the first 15 minutes until I reset it. Got over 900 calories for 45 minutes; so the total calories burned must have been much more.

Brian's Spin Class

Brian's noon-time spin class at the "Fatness Center" was a blast. We rode hard for 1.5 hours.

Calories burned: 1300

Spin Cycle

I was first on the waiting list for the Saturday morning spin class -- and sure enough they called that I got in.

I arrived a bit early and warmed up for about 15 minutes. Brian's class went over an hour -- excellent. He left when he started cramping. Soon it was just down to Steve and me. We finished together, getting in just over 2 hours.

My cycling shoes are still wet!

Calories burned: 2100

My animal totem for the Furnace Creek 508

Many thanks to Sandy for designing it!

Back to Spinning

Since it's too nasty to ride outside, I decided to take a one hour spinning class at Wow Fitness.
The new instructor was energetic and gave us a good workout. Burned about 500 calories, which is not exactly a record. (I sometimes hit 700+ with the "Helenator" and Rick, the owner.)

Bingo has been called

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you -- I completed the mileage challenge with that last ride! I have exactly 3000 miles.

I also failed to mention that I did laps around the housing area behind the motel until I reached 120 miles!

Yiipppee!!

That doesn't mean I plan to stop riding! (The stormy weather in Oregon might have a say, however.) Hmmmm, maybe we need to take another trip to a sunny place!!

Century #29: Assault on Arizona Hwy 90

Rode 120 miles today. Visted Huachuca City, Benson, Ft. Huachuca (passed main gate), Palominas, Hereford, and back to Sierra Vista. It wasn't entirely flat, not-so-windy today, but very sunny!

I still got a little red even though I was wearing SPF-30 (water resistant, etc).
After the ride I discovered that my front tire was soft. Found the culprit -- a small piece of wire from retread casings (which were everywhere). Pulled out two chunks, but found only one hole in the tube. Even so, I think the Ritchey "Tom Slick" tires held up well considering all the rough roads, glass, and tire fragments that I ran over. (I tried hard to avoid the stuff.)

At the 2002 and 2004 Pac-tour training camps (held here in Sierra Vista) I had a lot of flats on my Air Friday travel bike, which used 20" tires. Couldn't get tires that are as durable as Continentals (can you say Gator Skins, GP 3000/400? I knew you could).

Fortunately I'm now riding a travel bike that can use my favorite (700c) tires (guess which ones!). Who knows, maybe I'll get some more Tom Slicks for my Breakaway when these wear out.


Mileage: 120
Calories: 4906
Temp: 79F and sunny!
Climbing: 2725 ft
Avg altitude: 4128 ft.