Wow, what a ride! I told people about your tandem ride on the trainer today and everybody was impressed.

For us, the goal was to do about 40 laps of a 4 km very hilly course around a local park.

Things turned out a bit differently for me. I had to work almost a full night twice this week, including last night, so I knew I was not going to do 160 km (100 miles). Nevertheless we started this morning on our short course. My husband - who was determined to do the whole 160 km - was there at 7 a.m. and I joined him around 9 a.m. Part of the road we wanted to use was shut down due to a police operation (welcome to Vancouver) but it was good to us because it reduced possible conflicts with cars. And we had a police-woman who was otherwise protecting the crime scene cheering for us.

We had a few friends and my father in law join us during the ride. My husband had ridden about 80 km and me about 50 when traffic became heavy on our short course, and the friends were a bit tired of riding around in a circle. So we "cheated." By then I had decided I'd go for 50 miles. We went for a bit of a ride elsewhere (Iona Beach for those who know Vancouver). After that, my husband still had to put in about 35 more km so he went his own way.

On my way home, I hit the 50-mile mark exactly - I mean EXACTLY - as I rolled in front of the Cancer Research Agency, which I thought was appropriate.

I'm happy I did it, but now I'm really, really tired. Zzzz!

Anyone received their package yet?