Final 2007 Indoor Challenge News
This was the season of the super ultra marathon indoor sessions!

The season began with Jimmy Malthaner taking the early lead.   It looked like there would be no challengers.

Jurczynski 45 hours into his spinning session!

That was until John Jurczynski turned in a single 50 hour session worth 236 points!   The session was a low key fundraiser for a local Children's Santa Fund.   John was preparing for RAAM and was turning 50 in 2007.   He was also working toward raising $50,000 for the American Diabetes Association.

This must have inspired Caneman to get back into the challenge.   He put the pressure on Jimmy Malthaner closing in on the sessions.

This was the season of the super ultra sessions as Arvid Loewen turned in a 23 hour session and a 36 hour session!   Caneman turned in a total of eight 20 hour sessions!   But John Jurczynski took on the Guiness World Record for indoor cycling and broke it, unofficially, though with an unbelieveable 87 hour session!   John mentioned that he actually gained weight because of all the food that friends brought him!   That single session was worth 421 points!

You would think that with those super ultra sessions along with 26 other sessions, that John would have taken first place in the challenge!   He ended up taking fourth place with 724 points total!

Arvid Loewen took third place turning in a 23 and 36 hour session along with 61 other sessions for a total of 770 points!   A 36 hour session is a huge accomplishment and should not be overshadowed by the 50 and 87 hour sessions!   36 hours is worth 166 points.

Jimmy Malthaner turned in 81 sessions including several ultra sessions; two 10 hour, an 11 hour, 12 hour, 13 hour, 15 hour, and two 16 hour sessions for an impressive total of 1283 points.   Jimmy is the fifth rider to break the 1,000 point mark since the challenge beginning.

Caneman broke the all time indoor challenge record again this year with 2658 points.   He rode a total of 123 session, 805 hours total.   Caneman rode 29 8 hour sessions, 19 13 hour sessions, and eight 20 hour sessions!   Where do you find that kind of time?

There were 45 total riders in the challenge this year.   22 rider turned in session of 6 hours or more.

- Dave Watkins -

Final Indoor Challenge Standings
The final standings of the 2007 Indoor Challenge are listed below.

Pos.	Name	Sessions	Hours	Points	Session Detail
1	Caneman, A	123	805	2658	1-6h 29-8h 19-13h 1-16h 8-20h
2	Malthaner, Jimmy	81	461	1283	2-10h 1-11h 1-12h 1-13h 1-15h 2-16h
3	Loewen, Arvid	63	296	770	9-6h 1-7h 5-8h 1-23h 1-36h
4	Jurczynski, John	28	196	724	1-50h 1-87h
5	Zbiek, Paul	31	132	299	2-6h 6-7h 1-11h
6	Dressman, Martin	54	174	293	2-7h 1-9h
7	Baloh, Marko	48	154	265	4-6h 1-12h
8	Maurer, Sebastian	27	109	238	8-6h 2-7h
9	Leiss, Peter	21	96	225	11-6h 1-7h
10	Foote, John	70	174	224
11	barnes, steven	23	85	178	2-6h 1-7h 2-8h
12	Jordan, David	22	82	162	2-6h 1-7h 1-8h
13	Kunz, Daryl	37	97	138	1-6h 1-7h
14	Handy, Leslie	30	81	129	1-6h 1-10h
15	Brown, Vicki	24	76	126	2-7h
16	Johnson, Eric	20	59	99	3-6h
17	Olsson, Sven-Erik	35	79	96	1-6h
18	Rossman, Mitchell	17	57	90
19	Stewart, Alan	37	82	90
20	Delf, Jonathon	12	42	87	1-6h 1-7h 1-8h
21	Glazar, Andy	29	70	86
22	Corbett, Jonathan	22	57	82	2-6h
23	Meridith, David	17	46	71	2-6h
24	Rich, Bob	8	31	68	1-6h 1-8h
25	Ryan, Jim	18	44	54
26	Hughes, John	25	50	50
27	Uline, Brian	17	41	49
28	St. John, Steve	24	48	48
29	Harthoorn, John	2	13	37	1-6h 1-7h
30	pustow, bill	16	33	34
31	Smith, Philip	9	24	31
32	Agle, Alex	2	10	23	1-6h
33	Cox, Kenyon	10	20	20
34	Rozelle, Paul	6	14	17
35	Emde, Michael	7	15	16
36	Watkins, Dave	7	14	14
37	Martin, Karen	6	12	12
38	White, Louis Gerard	5	11	12
39	Moss, Steven	6	12	12
40	Matchett, Alan	5	10	10
41	hubert, doug	4	8	8
42	Newsome, Mark	3	6	6
43	Stuparich, Nancy	3	6	6
44	Cosentino, John	3	6	6
45	Drake, Isabelle	1	2	2
	Totals	1058	3940	8948