Haha. Thanks for the stories. I have always avoided the rollers for fear of the fall and not being sure if I would launch forward or not--of course I have always had the convenient excuse of running during the winter months!

It would appear that I should finally invest in a set of rollers, although I'm excited that my health club has a decent exercise bike that I can space-out on...safely.

I have enrolled in the 400k, so wish me luck. I have a week-long touring trip in Feb where I will be doing close to 100k everyday (assuming we all hold up). I guess I just needed to hear that it was possible... very prophetic of you Gerry Hull!!