In Training

Angie and I have a couple of physical "feats" that we want to accomplish this summer. As such, we've been talking for quite a while about training, getting in shape, etc. Being the procrastinators we are and having the usual excuse of having two boys to worry about, jobs, commitments, etc., we just never really did much.

That's all changing, if you can count one bike ride as everything changing. In order to accomplish our ultimate goal of climbing Table Rock with Angie's family, we recently decided to participate in Pocatello's Pioneer Day Celebration bike race, and then continue riding together for extended distances, leading up to the hike. Because we're wimps, we'll probably only do the 10 mile course, instead of the 25 mile course. Also, because the race is this coming Saturday, we decided we'd best get hopping.

Today we hitched the boys' trailer to my bike, loaded them up, and headed out for a planned 7 mile round trip. Once we got to the halfway point, we decided we wanted a little more variety and changed our route home. All in all, it ended up being real close to 8 miles round trip, with the hardest part being the hills in the first half. We took about 45 minutes round trip and my cycle computer tells me our average speed was 11 mph. We'll get in at least one more practice run before Saturday, and I figure that by Saturday we ought to be able to do the 10 miles in well less than 1 hour.

Here's the route we took today:


And here's the race day route:


I know the maps aren't the most exciting, but I had to make up for not having taken any pictures today to post. :-)

Our Names in the Census

There are 109,726 people in the U.S. with the first name Cory.
Statistically the 495th most popular first name.
94.44 percent of people with the first name Cory are male.
There are 42 people in the U.S. named Cory Miles.

There are 713,221 people in the U.S. with the first name Angela.
Statistically the 65th most popular first name.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Angela are female.
There are 271 people in the U.S. named Angela Miles.

There are 138,682 people in the U.S. with the first name Tyler.
Statistically the 427th most popular first name.
97.8 percent of people with the first name Tyler are male.
There are 53 people in the U.S. named Tyler Miles.

There are 1,008,872 people in the U.S. with the first name Jason.
Statistically the 39th most popular first name.
99.7 percent of people with the first name Jason are male.
There are 383 people in the U.S. named Jason Miles.

There are 115,822 people in the U.S. with the last name Miles.
Statistically the 283rd most popular last name.

Data courtesy HowManyofMe.com
Thanks to Angie's friend Kristina Wilcox for pointing this out.

Holy Geeky Candy Awesomeness, Batman!

For those of you who don't recognize what this is supposed to be, I'm not sure you're quite geeky enough to appreciate it. On the other hand, the candy detail is pretty awesome in its own right. Check out the full article here, but beware, the author uses some naughty words and such.

I Wanna Hippopotamus!

Tyler absolutely loved this page.

By the way, I came across it on dooce ®. Check it out - it's my new favorite blog.