Monday, November 23, 2009

Mileage Wars

Nothing like a good old fashioned mileage war to keep us motivated as the winter season draws near. I had a good week going with all the commuting I did over the week. Rumor had it that Robert Herriman held the working mans weekly milage record at 488 miles. We both decided to make a run for it over the weekend in a little gentlemans bet. 65 miles on Saturday, and another 65 on Sunday had me at 500 miles by noon with a bonky Herriman in tow. He left my house and headed home with 40 miles on the day and roughly 415 for the week. I had done it! I stole the title! I thought Herriman didn't have a chance. I topped His bottles off with Gatorade and stuffed a GU in his jersey and sent him on his way. Little did I know I awakened the milage beast from depths of Mordor.

Later that night as it was dark and nearing bed time, I got a text message. It was Herriman! He was still out riding! It read, "481 for the week so far. Gonna put the lights on and push for a few more miles. The ZYM revived me." He ended up with 505 miles for the week and took back the record. Oh yeah... did I mention Herriman is 49 yrs old. The guy is a milage machine. Incredible.

3 comments:

Robert said...

HAAA!!! :-) Yeah, it got pretty ugly just after I left your house. I could not even seem to soft pedal for a little while there. My legs just wanted off the bike. But the ZYM, Gatorade, and GU kicked in and I came back to life. Thanks for the motivation Mike!!!

b-matter said...

i'll challenge you guys to least miles in a week...

simonster said...

That may actually be more of a challenge. I knew there was a reason why you were so fast.