I did my sponsored ride!

Well done on achieving that! That's quite an accomplishment..I was thinking I was doing ok getting my bike out for maybe 15 miles with a run to the shops and a commute to work (on a good day..!) A guy I know had recently taken up cycle touring and is really getting into it-He's covering distances on his bike where I'd be reaching for the car keys to travel that far! how were your wrists and arms afterwards? I'd Mentioned to you before about recumbent bikes and how the racing authorities banned them early in the last century,leaving the now "traditional" diamond frame bike alone in the running..along with its "instrument of torture" saddles and your riding position putting weight on the wrists and forearms,and higher wind resistance..recumbents are still out there,but are mostly handbuilt,not mass produced,and so tend to be more expensive to buy.but they're said to be much more comfortable to ride for long distances,as You're sitting IN a seat with your weight off your arms..I'm thinking of getting one of these,the only thing is they cost more than my car's currently worth!

I once got involved in a CROP walk for the hungry. It was a20 mile walk although I only did about 10 miles. After ten miles I was pretty exhausted. Now a days I dont think I could go more than 5 or 6. I was training for an AIDS marathon one time thouhg and I think I went about eight miles on the longest leg of the trip but I was pretty damn exhausted. I bet I was the last one done. Cheers!

Wow! That sounds pretty cool. But it also sounds very hilly! I'm doing 26.2 miles soon, but it should be all flat land, which will be pretty easy. I would like to do something for charity, but so far I haven't. Unless you can consider the 5K that raised some money for the community college. But I want to do more of an actual charity thing eventually.

Wow Congrats! I didn't realize that you were biking that far. It sounds like you raised a lot of money for your charity, I don't know what the exchange rate is but, I don't believe that I have ever raised that much money (but I've never gone that far) for my charity event. I haven't done any event for so long since I have gotten older because my RA has gotten worse over the years.