Bike club clears 100,000-mile mark

The group of friends celebrating at Clint and Sherri Provenza's holiday party had more than one reason to rejoice.

As members of the Severna Park Peloton bicycle club, they were also celebrating attaining a common goal - they rode a collective total of 100,000 miles in 2008.

They achieved that goal Dec. 15, when they officially logged 100,104 miles, and were full of anecdotes about the daily training rides and grueling distance events that enabled them to reach it.

The women's leader in total miles logged turned out to be Janet Bodine with 7,919 miles to her credit. The men's leader was Chip Adams with 7,500...