"No brain brigade"! I love it!

In all honesty I thought the 6 hours was a bit on the week side. After reading all the various posts from guys I had visions of doing it in about 5 1/2 hours. At 65 miles I was still averaging 16.9 MPH bu that last 25 miles really took its toll.

I will say this: My first marathon was not pretty but then I started training and knock off almost 30 minutes to get it to a 3:33. I would wager that with proper training and extended rides the time could come down considerably. The "kicker" is....how many of these does a guy want to do at 50+ and how fast does one really need to go??? With age sometimes comes wisdom! :-)

Thanks for reading...

Jim J