My first was the Solvang Century in 2004 with Team in Training (the endurance-event training organization that raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society). I got my first bike a few weeks before the training started and rode the entire season in the red zone with the fast group (ouch). The century was fantastic. I've continued to ride with Team in Training as an honoree (I had Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2001) and it's been a special experience. That same year I finished the California Death Ride, the High Sierra Century, and rode up Haleakala in Maui. I'm hooked. This year I'm doing my first double (Solvang Double- spring).