Total Serious Happy Thread - Page 259

cirquelover · 08-30-2012, 05:16 PM

That sounds like a great first job!

lashbear · 08-30-2012, 05:55 PM

Great news !

Morrigoon · 09-01-2012, 10:06 PM

First episode of the new season... totally epic, hilarious, awesome.

(Doctor Who, if you really don't know what I'm talking about. And if you do, you just laughed. Doctor WHO, hahahahah)

Ghoulish Delight · 09-08-2012, 08:14 PM

As has been reported elsewhere, I confirmed my psychosis today by biking 100 (actually, 102) miles, from Irvine to San Diego.

It took 8 hours total including rest stops, 6:45 rolling time. That's a pace at the high end of my optimistic goal pace. I'm really shocked at my performance. I mean, I knew on paper I'd done the (literal) legwork to train, but still, this was almost 50% farther than my previous longest ride, and included one intense climb 80 miles in (Torrey Pines). I had no idea how I'd fare. It's been an intense and empowering day.

All followed by one hell of a party on the train ride home. Crowd surfing, for crying out loud. You'd never guess it was a train car full of people who'd just tortured themselves for 8ish hours.

Lots of people have been super encouraging over the 5 months since I set myself on this stupid course. Many many thanks for that. It's surreal that the day has come and gone. Hard to know right now whether I'll do this to myself again, but I couldn't be happier that I pulled this off.

Morrigoon · 09-08-2012, 09:53 PM

That's fantastic, amazing. What was the event?

Ghoulish Delight · 09-08-2012, 10:12 PM

Amtrack Century

Morrigoon · 09-09-2012, 12:30 AM

Awesome. Quite the achievement.

Alex · 09-09-2012, 08:31 AM

So, since this is sponsored by Amtrak I assume the goal is to show that if you can pedal at a steady 15mph pace then you can, in fact, get to San Diego faster than by taking the train?

Ghoulish Delight · 09-09-2012, 10:09 AM

Not actually sponsored by Amtrak, they just book a whole train for the ride back up, and the route down (mostly) follows the tracks.

The nice thing is, because they book the whole train, there are no stops on the way back up, so it actually goes pretty quick for once.

cirquelover · 09-09-2012, 12:32 PM

Wow that is an amazing ride! Congrats!

So how do you feel today?

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	As has been reported elsewhere, I confirmed my psychosis today by biking 100 (actually, 102) miles, from Irvine to San Diego. It took 8 hours total including rest stops, 6:45 rolling time. That's a pace at the high end of my optimistic goal pace. I'm really shocked at my performance. I mean, I knew on paper I'd done the (literal) legwork to train, but still, this was almost 50% farther than my previous longest ride, and included one intense climb 80 miles in (Torrey Pines). I had no idea how I'd fare. It's been an intense and empowering day. All followed by one hell of a party on the train ride home. Crowd surfing, for crying out loud. You'd never guess it was a train car full of people who'd just tortured themselves for 8ish hours. Lots of people have been super encouraging over the 5 months since I set myself on this stupid course. Many many thanks for that. It's surreal that the day has come and gone. Hard to know right now whether I'll do this to myself again, but I couldn't be happier that I pulled this off. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ Last edited by Ghoulish Delight : 09-08-2012 at 10:12 PM.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Amtrack Century __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Awesome. Quite the achievement. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	So, since this is sponsored by Amtrak I assume the goal is to show that if you can pedal at a steady 15mph pace then you can, in fact, get to San Diego faster than by taking the train?
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09-09-2012, 10:09 AM	#9
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Not actually sponsored by Amtrak, they just book a whole train for the ride back up, and the route down (mostly) follows the tracks. The nice thing is, because they book the whole train, there are no stops on the way back up, so it actually goes pretty quick for once. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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09-09-2012, 12:32 PM	#10
cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	Wow that is an amazing ride! Congrats! So how do you feel today? __________________ Waiting for Summer to arrive!
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