Comments: Eventhough this was not a race and only a century event I still decided to write a report so I can truly capture my first experience with riding 102 miles! I had lots of fun! I got to Ventura about 6pm on Friday night and picked up my packet. It was very well organized! However, when I went to unpack my luggage at the hotel I realized that I had forgotten most of my gels at home...I only had two with me. I immediately paniced because now it was after 7pm on a Friday night. I found a bike store that was open but they did not have HammerGel. I decided to buy the Cliff shots since I have read about them in other people's race reports and I figured that was better than nothing. After running around and finding a restaurant I never got my dinner in until 9pm....which I know is late but there were crowds at every place... BUT, the food was GREAT! I ended up sleeping very well and woke up at 6am. I had ordered room service but the milk they brought was sour so I ended up eating a bannana
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