Maybe we should beat the kids more.

For the real budget conscious, I'll give tours of the Los Angeles beach bike path for $100. Highlights include a power plant, a water treatment plant, hippies, a marina with real boats, and not one, not two, but three, count 'em, three piers! I'll even throw in some photos of you posing before any backdrop of your choosing. I accept PayPal.

6 miles of pure hell. the whites can be brutal.

We did 100 miles through the White Mtns 16 years ago in 1993. Franconia Notch, Crawford Notch, the Kangamangus Hwy, etc. Lots of vertical.

only if we're getting frosties too

OK, who the F ever would go to Wendy's and not get a Frosty?

Get a hold of yourself man.

I like spinach.

They don't have spinach @ Wendy's.

They should. If there's spinach at the end of this Mt. Doom ride then I'm in.

How about spinach flavored potato chips?

yeah that's a start. Why don't they have spinach pies at Wendy's? They could deep fry them for those who don't eat anything that isn't fried in oil.

I'll bet there's a spinach dish at Jack In The Box. They have everything.

Man I used to love that place when I was a kid! I remember going to one on route 9a north of the city on the way back from Bear Mountain...shame it's gone.

Spinach... thats a crime against humanity.

There was just a report that three runners died in the Detroit Marathon of heart attacks. Less Wendys and McDonalds and more spinach aint a bad idea for endurance wannabes.Could be good for Pcad's clients while trying to get up Mt Doom too.Maybe a can of spinach could be included in the price of the ride and given at the bottom of the hill.

So what's better for you, spinach or Yodels?

Yodels as they are a near perfect food to kill off the next generation. One serving, 420 calories, 14 grams of saturated fat to go along with 220 mg of salt and 45 grams of sugar. Wow, why are we worried about the Taliban when were feeding our kids this crap.

So wait. Are you saying this food should be off the Pcad Training Table?

The next thing you'll tell me is Marlboros are bad for you.

At 12500 miles per year you are one of the few that can keep Yodels off your wasteline. Now with with the sugar and saturated fat in them there can be no guarantee as to the state of your arteries etc.

F my stupid arteries. What did they ever do for me?

If it makes you feel any better, Yodels are off the Pcad Training Table. For a while at least.

God help me.

Well your arteries have gotten you up Mt. Doom and without them there would go the 12500 miles per year and youd be on that electric bike you were touting the other day .

Me Im a former Marlboro smoker of 28 years before I gave it up for this lunacy 25 years ago yet I liked my Ruths Cris or Ol Homestead 18 ounce steak, creamed spinach, oyster, cheese cake dinner once in awhile until they rushed me to the hospital last year thinking I had the big one. Turns out I ducked it but now thats out too .

I can have both: spinach mousse in the center of a Yodel.

Overrated body parts, with modern technology you can get them replaced. Carbon fiber arteries perhaps? But I digress, you should replace the Yodels with those awesome strawberry jelly rolls. I'm not sure if you're familiar with these because they're a coveted ghetto treat but there's enough high fructose corn syrup and Red Dye #2 in there to make any junk food junkie happy.