Doesn't it feel great to exercise? I love how I feel after a long day in the saddle, like I do when I have ridden 80-100 miles or more on the road. I love the days I have been able to spent 6 hrs or more traversing the incredible MTB trails and views at Dupont State Forest. It is this strange feeling of total exhaustion mixed with a adrenaline high, that I absolutely love.

I had lunch with some friends yesterday, and we got talking about some of the things - life long adventure goals we would love to do, but probably never will. John is a fishing and boating biff, and he wants to take a boat the length of the inter-coastal waterway. Don loves to hike, and wonders how far he could make it along the Appalachian Trail. I piped in that I would love to ride my bike from coast to coast someday. They all agreed that I should definitely do that.

Here's the the thing... when I am riding regularly, I get in an average of 400-500 miles in a month. Do you know how far I would need to ride to get across the United States? 300-600miles per week!

I accumulated 3.7 miles for the month of October. Right now I have the big goose egg for November. I got a long way to go. Anyone else feel my pain?

Ok, so I stole this entire post from Jonathan Pait over at www.lowcadence.com . Why? because these videos are proof that I am in elementary school when it comes to the ability of some of these riders out there... Check it out!

Danny Macaskill is back on the Internet… and Norwegian television… displaying his mad skills in Lisbon. Sure, it’s a Volkswagen commercial, but he still amazes me. See if you get the same feeling that he is about to drop down on top of the car in one of the sequences.

I have just finished picking our music for our Christmas Eve service. In our setting, this year will be very simple and acoustic, but sometimes simple requires a ton of work. In my planning, I use Halloween every year as a drop dead date for Christmas planning. Our service occurs on Dec 24. Many of you have earlier performances in Dec. If that is the case, Halloween may be too late. The point is, be ready early. This way, your people make their Holiday plans around you, rather than the opposite scenario. Here are a few things to think about when planning Christmas services.

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Before you watch this video and think I am an amazing rider, please let me clarify... this is not me! Boy do I wish I could fly like that! However, I have a job, wife, and 3 little kids to support, so I am a little less extreme. This video is shot in real time, and takes the guy 2:28 to finish the course. Mark and I rode the course again on Monday afternoon, which is located on the Sulfur Spring trail coming down from the upper parking lot at Paris Mountain, and we finished it in just over 5 minutes. Now, we had been riding for nearly an hour, and had climbed for a good percentage of the ride, but this does not shave 2:30 off of our time... These guys are good! Real good!