First century was this October, 2005 Seagull Century. As mentioned above it was WET... real wet and windy with 3-4 inches of rain during the ride that day.
I've never ridden faster despite the conditions. I had help from a pretty fast group (Hartford Velos) and managed to hang with them all day. We were pushing about 23-25mph in the rain on the last 5-7 miles. It was all I could do to stay in touch with the 5 or 6 of them. Thanks guys if any of you read this.
5hrs. 29mins. ride time for 104.6 miles (got a little lost in the first 20 mins.)
6hrs. 35mins. total time which had 3 stops for food/drink/talk/figuring out where we were
19.08 mph average
3,400 calories burned