SolvangT&T.bmp (323638 bytes)Solvang Century
Santa Maria / Solvang, CA.

100mi
8hrs

The Century was a lot of fun. Traci, Todd, Trudi, Oscar (the comedian), and Vicki (with husband, Don, who played the "sag wagon") rode from 9am to 5pm ( a little slow). We caught major rain the last 10mi. I made the ride into a tougher workout by sprinting up each hill, sometimes 2 or 3 times, then going to the back to encourage the others, and then sprinting about 5mi to catch up with the front. One of my goals was to ride 112mi. I was still trying to reach this distance after crashing during last year’s effort. This time I did it! I was at 109mi when we finished (9mi of extra back and forth riding) and then did a 3mi loop. Cool! I then ran 1 mi just to see how it would feel (next year I’ll have to do 26mi.)