Originally Posted by chasm54

I've cast my vote in the first category, but it doesn't accurately describe my position.

I've ridden 100 miles in a day, or further, on many occasions. But only a dozen or so of those occasions have been in organised events. Mostly they've been days when I was alone on tour, and decided to go a bit further than usual because I wanted to visit a particular place. Sometimes they've been days when a riding buddy and I have decided to do a particular route for fun.

I've no doubt there'll be days in my future on which I ride more than 100 miles. But I don't expect any of them to be organised sportives, or Gran Fondos, or whatever. I'm no longer especially interested in that.