Blues Dawg: You just made my day. I've been stuck on a stationary recumbent for the past month since breaking my hip mid July. Worked it up to 20 miles per session, which takes about an hour. With my 57th come and gone last week, the thought of spending 3 hours on the beast to hit my birthday ride was too much to bear. Using the minutes counts formula, I can now say I hit my birthday ride every day of birthday week. Woo hoo!