Intervals

Being stashed away in a hotel hundreds of miles away from my bikes, I was forced to put in some miles on the dreaded excercise machine that pretends to mimic cycling.  You know the type - the ones they put in cheap exercise rooms that rarely get used?  I'm not sure who designs these things, but the seat was gigantic and applied pressure in all the wrong spot while simultaneously impeding free movement of the legs by putting pressure against the very back of the leg just below the buttocks.  

OK - that last paragraph was a bit of a downer...  On the upside, I was able to log a few "miles" and the interval setting on the machine at least added some variety and challenge to the routine.  The machine somehow calculated my speed at an average rate of somewhere around 20mph - just don't ask me where the come up with that.  It was also certainly nice to be able to watch TV while riding.  It sort of changes the whole couch-potatoe thing that is normally associated with TV watching.