Beautiful Backroads Century 9/19 - Riding?

I am doing it with a friend.  She is bouncing between doing the 66 and the 105.  It would be her first full century so she is leaning toward the 66, partly because the Bud people put on such a nice spread afterwards and it may be gone if we do the full 105. 

They give you two free beers.  In addition to the beverages last year, they had a couple of different dishes to choose from and music. 

There was still plenty of food left after the 105 last year.  I plan on doing it again.

Deciding between the 66, the 105 or doing my long run that day.  Neal, are you riding slow?

Yes, I rode 66 miles with her a few weeks ago and we were below 15 mph. 

Yes, but you did it around 18-19 mph.  We will be closer to 14.

I have not looked at the weather because we will be there regardless.

I don't want to speak for Mark, but I agree with Cindi.  He was probably talking about the rain.  It rained so much that I thought about counting part of the ride as a swim.    We had a good time though.  That is why we took so long.   The course had a pretty nice hill around the 70 mile point.  It was Gap worthy.

There was a bad one at the beginning of the ride within the first ten miles.  A lady from the MACC club crash.  They had an ambulance and fire truck there.  They put her in the ambulance on a stretcher with her neck in a brace.  I heard later that someone passing her cut back on her and that she broke a couple of ribs.  That was before all the rain started.

Since I recognized her MACC cycling kit, I sent the club an email expressing my well wishes.  I got an email from her.  She is a triathlete named Kathy.

She said she broke 7 ribs on her left side but was getting around albeit with some pain.