Well I completed my first century today, along with fellow BF member Robert C Wells completing his first. It was a nice ride overall with a total distance of 103 miles, here is a link to a map of the ride, http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...allo/685169491 . Now while not considered a hilly ride it did have it's fair share of hills. The event stated that the ride had 6500 ft of elevation gain but there program picked up every rise, shouldn't it?

Overall it was no where near as bad as what I though it might be. I have read so many stories about the mental block people at different mileages and guess I prepared myself for that so it never occured. Overall I was pretty comfortable with the whole ride, one last hill 5 miles from the end end seemed that every "little" thing I had noticed during the ride showed up. Most of the ride I could either stand or sit to alleviate any discomfort but not on this section. Oh well I made it through it and finished. I was shooting for sub 6 but just missed it this time. Here are the stats and some pics will be up later. For now I need some rest and a COLD beer...

Avg. HR- 153
MHR- 182
CAL- 5643
Dist- 103
Avg Spd- 16.6
Max Spd- 43.1
Ride- 6:05:25
Total- 7:14:xx