I have been participating in the above mentioned challenge and I am having a ball doing so. I have logged a ride for every day of the Tour except the Prologue. What is neat is I see myself
S L O W L Y creeping up the overall standings which is great motivation for this 46 yo overweight cyclist. This morning when I checked I had a total of 8 points :p I will never get into the top spots but then I didn't expect to. I use my BlackBerry with the iMapMyRide Application to capture and log my rides. Well the other day at my pharmacy I was talking to one of my employees about how the challenge works, etc and he brought up something that I had never even though of...
"Whats to keep somebody from taking their GPS device or GPS enabled phone, placing it into their automobile, and driving around instead of riding?" :eek:
????? Maybe I can get myself one of those yellow jerseys after all 🙄 I'm not saying that people are doing this but in the words of a song "God is Great, Beer is Good and People are Crazy" 😄
This is my first year of serious "recreational" riding. Basically began to lose a few extra pounds(lost about 12 lbs so far), get more physically fit, etc. I've ridden almost 1000 miles so far this year. My wife thinks that I've lost my mind 😉
Tony