Originally Posted by
JimF22003
I'm getting a much better response in this forum than in the Road Forum, but I expected that. Here's what I posted there:
Thanks for the comments everybody. Sounds like the consensus is that I suck. I'm cool with that 
I'll just add a couple of notes:
- Before the start it was emphasized "this is not a race. Ride your own pace." I believed 'em I was trying to ride a bit conservatively because it was a lot of climbing in one day for me.
- The decision point was mile 47. I had no idea how many people were ahead of me. I didn't realize it was only 5 or 6. I assumed that there were at least one or two behind me, but I assumed wrong.
- The only time cutoff mentioned was 6:00pm. They cut me off at about 2:00pm.
We were supposed to divert to the metric if we hit the decision point after noon. It was 11:15am.
- In retrospect I definitely should have finished on my own. I could have had the SAG guy fill up my waterbottles and maybe go rustle up a banana or something. My mistake.
- I checked my GPS log. My avg. time for two recorded legs was 13.2 and 13.7. Man that really does blow.
I probably won't have anything else to add. Thanks again for the feedback.
Couple of comments. Often people take shortcuts in long ridesike centuries or do planned stops before the end such as it goes by/near their house. Also people call for rides instead of using the sag wagon. So those you thought were behind probably were and just quit.
You probably were on track to finish around 5:00 - an hour before the cutoff. So the sag wagon driver cut it short but I can see why.
You are to be commended for hanging in there. That kind of course with elevations like that amd cold rain is tough.