Originally Posted by
mtalinm
photographer came by today and noticed my Boston Bikes map. asked if I do any biking. I told him that I commute to work on two wheels, about 13 miles each way. he was unimpressed and said something to the effect of "well I do some serious distance riding" and went on for 10-15 minutes about how fast he is and how awesome his Cervelo bike is and so on and so on.
from my body type he clearly assumed I was a newbie. I was getting annoyed with him, so I asked how many miles he does per year. "Around five thousand" he said. I then noted that I did 5k myself this past year.
"But mine are really intense riding, centuries, mountain climbs, etc."
good grief. sometimes skinny people need to shut up.
The way I see it, any yearly mileage is better than sitting on the couch. I haven't gotten in nearly as many miles as I wanted this year, but what I have ridden was much better for me than not riding.
*edit* Sorry, I didn't realize this was a necro thread. I really wish the forums would put a notice on these threads when an old one is revived. I rarely look at the date on the original post.