On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:40:29 -0800, Terry Morse wrote:

I got an e-mail from this guy the other day. He's trying to break an
annual climbing record that he read about in Bicycling Magazine, and
he has a web site and upcomng book entitled "98 Miles High":

"Coming in January, 2005 98 Miles High"

It sounds hard but if you froke it into 365 days that would only
be about 1500 feet per day, doable. I used to ride in Healdsburg
where I worked in the wine country and did 900 feet once at lunch
and up to 5 times after work where darkness cut me off. On the weekends
I was nowhere near hills so coulnd not add to the total. In the summer
I came close to a mile a day, but never thought of tallying it.
A GPS might have been a cool tool since I probably could have counted
all the down then up again little swooshy hills. It is possible I came
close but fitness was the goal, not a record. My reward for 5 times
around the hill, a nice cold Millers Gold. Not healthy but it sure
hit the spot.

"When opportunity meets perseverance, a world record is possible. 98
Miles High is not just the vertical distance climbed in one year,
it's the story about the drive and dedication needed to break an
obscure but difficult cycling record. It details one man's search to
be the best and his dedication to the cause. It's a "Tuesday's with
Morrie" meets La Cumbre Peak! The best cycling story book of the
year."

http://www.98mileshigh.com/index.shtml

It was nice of him to write me. He must have stumbled onto the photo
of my 200-mile certificate of achievement:

http://bike.terrymorse.com/spooktacu...IMG_0850a.html

I didn't know there was a healthy competition going on. I thought I
was the only weirdo. When I said that maybe I should go for 2
million feet next year, my wife said in her serious tone, "I'm going
to pretend I didn't hear what you just said." Message received. Time
to take up knitting.

213 miles in Jan-Nov, but I'm not counting any more. Really.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/



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