I will be turning 60 next month and just finished this year's RAGBRAI on Saturday, my first RAGBRAI. Total miles logged was 493 which includes the century loop. I train in the hills of Missouri west of St. Louis and found the hills on the first two days to be long but not particularly steep, more of an annoyance than anything. "Twister Hill" is what is we normally train for so it wasn't that bad. I didn't care for the heat, particularly camping at night. I thought the majority of the riders were courteous and cautious. The accidents that I say were mostly caused riders crossing up in "illegal" pace lines and wheels getting caught in the road cracks. The people of Iowa were wonderful and served some great food. I look forward to next year and hopefully it will be bit cooler.