rockin the century

at 8am friday we rolled out to conquer what has been the elusive first century of the year. Linda and I had been determined to complete a century in may... and 112 miles later we rocked it.

while i was initially worried about the group - the pace, being dropped, cracking... it was perfect. Linda, the edrley's, jim G and raymo - eric n, kurt and another jim joined us for a stretch and then turned back due to other obligations. my girl jess is gearing up for her tahoe century next weekend and was sans bike and thus unable to join. it was an awesome day. we cruised through the first 60/70 miles at a perfect 19MPH average. slowing down a bit on the way home post climb, as the legs started to get tired. no flats, little / no wind, no rain, some stray barking dogs and a few interesting road kill scenes later.... it was a 7 hour day, 6.5 spent on the bike. my second century and my fastest century / ride by far. being the weakest link, i barely had to pull (thank you thank you!!). i probably spent 10 or 15 minutes on the front in my drops.

and in the end, 112 miles later - ok, well 111.9...we rocked it and it was sweet. even being the weakest in the group...i've come a long way from last year. it feels awesome.