Dude, much congratulations. You are the poster child for pacing yourself early. I too hit a new milestone today. I completed my first metric. Previous long was 40 miles but today I got up early and rode 70 miles in 4.5 hours. I was a little more reliant on fumes than it seems you were. Nothing that a couple of plates of spaghetti and a nap couldn't fix though.

Once again congratulations. Now you can plan the next one.