Here is the overdue video from the Bethesda club. Enjoy!

We’re having problems with our video from Bethesda. Actually, it’s having problems with us, as YouTube keeps claiming it’s a duplicate of another video every time we attempt to upload it. We’ll get it on here as soon as we’re done punching YouTube in the ear and making fun of its sissy thigh-cut shorts it wears to play tennis.

However, despite YouTube’s attempts to thwart our video fun, you shall still receive the chronicling of the day’s antics. Do you feel lucky? Do ya?

Well, Gene and Paul felt lucky (notice the insane effectiveness of that segue) when Gene remembered he knew some people in the Boston area who had formerly joined him on a cycling voyage. This gracious pair of people put the two Global Riders up for the night before traveling to Bethesda, providing them comfort, espresso, and clean shorts. They were quite grateful for the hospitality, and a picture of the folks with the Global Ride dream team is available in our Flickr gallery to the right.

The next few days would offer a lot of driving. When they finally arrived in Bethesda, they felt tiny entering the mammoth mouth of what Gene described as a “little city” of fitness; Bethesda Sport & Health. Swimming, racquetball, indoor sports, outdoor sports, everything one human being could possibly desire all under one very sizable roof. Upon locating the indoor cycling room, another surprise was to be had: an all children Spin class was in session! This was a pretty cool sight, as it was something that Gene had formerly attempted to hold at Global Ride, but neither Gene nor Paul had ever seen a children’s class with so many attendees. It turns out Sport & Health has a regular childrens’ Spin club, which is really a fantastic idea.

The performance went extremely well. The energy was high and the crowd was a wonderful mixture of people - all ages, indoor cyclists and outdoor cyclists. The audio recording from the session will likely become a selectable audio track on the DVDs, serving as a fourth selection to the already present Italian, American and Australian accent coaches. Hopefully we can get the video up soon and you’ll be able to take a look at this great location and fantastic class.

Concluding the demonstration on a high note, the fellows had an insanely delicious and hellishly spicy tex mex dinner. Gene ended his evening painfully removing his contacts thanks to cayenne sweat.

Olé!