The National Bike Challenge is on!

[vvill]

@Dirt 19402 wrote:

Welcome back, sir! This challenge is a marathon, not a sprint. You’ll be in the thick of things very soon. See you on the trail soon!

Yep! Great to see all the A team checking in now.

I’ve been trying to do a minimum of 1 mile/day just for the 20 base points.

[eminva]

@vvill 19447 wrote:

I’ve been trying to do a minimum of 1 mile/day just for the 20 base points.

Me too! I’ve been doing more of my Saturday/Sunday errands by bike than usual because I don’t do much leisure riding and I’m not commuting on those days. I guess they are already accomplishing their purpose with this challenge, eh?

Liz

[Mark Blacknell]

Just for the record, I expect the Arlington B Team to crush the Arlington A Team. I don’t even understand the C Team yet, but expect to issue a similar pronouncement, forthwith.

[TwoWheelsDC]

I feel like I’ve dragged my team (go C squad!) down the last couple days, as I’ve been battling an infected sinus and I’m trying to rest up. But tomorrow I’ll be back on track! And hopefully we’ll be back in the top 10.

[Greenbelt]

Great to see Pete and Ann tonight at potluck. Best birthday yet. Watch out for the B team tomorrow, though — Pete put down some serious miles coming from DC to VA to MD and back to VA on the evening commute!

[Arlingtonrider]

It might be difficult to do this because of timing, but does anyone want to try to get together for a group photo at Bike DC, and if so, when and where?

[consularrider]

@Dirt 19402 wrote:

Welcome back, sir! This challenge is a marathon, not a sprint. You’ll be in the thick of things very soon. See you on the trail soon!

Sure enough, and there you were this morning!

[Dirt]

@consularrider 19464 wrote:

Sure enough, and there you were this morning!

Awesome to see you, sir. Some time I need to run into you when we’re going the same direction so I can get a sighting photo. SlowTriGuy and I had a great ride in this morning. It was lovely out.

Rock on!

[Dirt]

Don’t blink! The Bike Arlington B and C teams are actually tied in points. 3217… I know that will change many times during the day.

This is pretty cool.

[dbb]

While Dirt may have suggested that this was a marathon, not a sprint, the three Arlington teams seem to be locked in a tight race. Regardless of the outcome, we will all benefit and BikeArlington should get some great press!

Go BikeArlington A Team!

[Greenbelt]

OK younger, thinner, fitter people — here’s a challenge to beat: http://app.strava.com/activities/8318064#152364042

(I’m testing out my birthday present…)

[Tim Kelley]

@Greenbelt 19483 wrote:

OK younger, thinner, fitter people — here’s a challenge to beat: http://app.strava.com/activities/8318064#152364042

(I’m testing out my birthday present…)

You’re safe from me on that one. If you want to play a little closer to town, then I’m in…

[rcannon100]

Ouch Greenbelt. What did you do at mile 3.5? Fall off a bridge?

[Dirt]

@dbb 19482 wrote:

While Dirt may have suggested that this was a marathon, not a sprint.

I’m reasonably sure I will not be keeping up this kind of pace until August 31. I do tend to put in serious miles over the summer. You’ll see me relaxing the mileage a bit after June 30 (Total200). I’ll also likely be doing minimal riding when I’m on vacation for a few weeks.

That said, I don’t really sprint for any reason. Pretty much everything is a marathon.

It is nothing but good that the Bike Arlington teams are doing well.

[slowtriguy]

@Dirt 19466 wrote:

Awesome to see you, sir. Some time I need to run into you when we’re going the same direction so I can get a sighting photo. SlowTriGuy and I had a great ride in this morning. It was lovely out.

It was great to run into you and ride together a bit this morning! Thanks for the great chat, and for letting me boggle over your front wheel…

I won’t be piling up any miles early next week A business trip will keep me off the bike; I guess that means I need extra miles Saturday!

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