I've been doing this ride each year since 2002. My first attempt at it was successful, on a hybrid, completing 100K. The next year I bonked at 52 miles attempting a 'real' century. In 2004 and 2005, I rode the entire 100 miles. Its not a particularly challenging course in that it is mostly flat, but nearly all of the pavement from miles 30-70 is a very rough and uneven from hell chipseal, that will rob you of between .5 and 1.0 miles off of your average speed, in addition to making it feel like a giant popsicle stick is being jammed up your butt while you're riding on it.

This year, the weather was ideal, the coolest its been since the first time I rode it. I decided to ride the 100K to guage my fitness level for the upcoming Heatwave Triathlon in June. I treated the first 25 miles like a race in that I rode at a brisk tempo, but I didn't push it to the wall as I wanted enough gas to go the whole 100K. Average according to my computer was 18.6 for those first 25.

Buy a state of the art tri-bike and crush the entire field like a grape ;)

Hopped off the bike and ralphed my guts out. Seriously, I hopped off the bike, went inside and ate a whole bunch of chicken parmesan and drank unsweet tea until it started coming out of my ears.


Nothing really, I just treated this mostly as a training ride, rather than a puke your guts out hammerfest. :)


There seemed to be a lot more women and wheelchair riders on this ride than in past years. Didn't see nearly the number of racers using it as a training ride as in the past. Its a good ride for cyclists of all ability levels.

Oh, and because I got there to unload my bike as they were doing the mass start, I got to drop a LOT of people. That was fun! :)