On September 26-27, I'm riding the "24 Hours of Booty," a 24-hour ride that's a fundraiser to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation and, locally, the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.

(I suppose I should put in a plug for donations! Here is my page:

http://www.24hoursofbooty.org/site/T...nal&fr_id=1070)

Anyway . . . the route of the original ride, in Charlotte, NC, is a 3-mile route locally known as "The Booty Loop." Similarly, when the ride expanded to Columbia, MD, they laid out a short loop, through the Gateway Business Park. (Last year was supposed to be the inaugural year in MD, but Hurricane Ike intervened.)

To prepare for the potential mental issues of riding the same 3-mile circle over and over again for 24 hours, I have been toying with the idea of doing the Second Most Boring Century in the World: 9 laps around the BWI Trail. (Or, maybe, one run down the B&A Trail and back, and then 6 or whatever around BWI. But that might not be boring enough. )

I'm thinking of doing this tomorrow (although I'm supposed to be heading to a get-together with friends tonight, and that can sometimes, um, throw a monkey wrench into early-morning plans. )

(By the way, the "Most Boring Century in the World" was a ride that Potomac Pedalers used to do -- maybe they still do, and I think it was partially them, partially the DC randos -- the annual New Year's Day century around Hains Point Park (also about a 3-mile loop) in DC. )