I just wanted to add that I'm going to start doing spin classes this week (going to the Thursday class ). There are several newer riders (Brandy and Tiff, from this forum) that started out extremely strong and are able to whip out really long rides... and a lot of that strength comes from what they built up in those spin classes! I started riding earlier than they did but I just don't have the leg strength (thus the spinning class and some additional weight training) so they blew by me on their first few times out!

Seriously; its a great mid-week option!

trac'