Friday night I drove out to the Eastern Shore so I could get a good nights sleep and start at first light. my plan was to do most of the metric century turn around and do the regular century for a total of 150 miles. This was supposed be a test for me in preparation for the double I'm doing at the end of the month. The hotel was noisy and I probably only got 4 hours sleep.
i was still up on time and headed out at 7 when I got to the split for the metric, there were on a few people making the turn. I joined up with one other person and we swapped leads until the final rest stop. The line for the portapottys was so long I hopped back on the bike and rode off until I there was a good spot to head into the woods. At that point i should have continued on for before turning around, but i went ahead and started the century route. The day was beautiful starting off a bit cold but warming to the upper 70s.
Got into a couple of good pace lines and especially owe one woman a real debt. After the last rest stop she hammered into the wind for 15 miles pulling about 7 people behind her. Her friends left her up in the lead the entire time. I had just pulled a group for the 10 miles before the rest stop and I was more than willing to follow someone else.
I ended up only doing 134 miles and felt pretty good afterwards. I should have gone out to find my friend still on the metric route but I was ready for a beer and a burger.
Bridge crossing over to Assateague

Assateague ponies

Fantastic!

Great ride and pics....Thanks

Nice! And I have wanted to see those ponies since I was about 10 years old :-)

Was a perfectly beautiful day for a long ride! I completed the Assateague Century, my first century, after a 63 mile ride through Baltimore the weekend before. It was a huge turn out with a lot of excellent riders!

Corey

It was a fantastic day. The winds weren't too bad and the temps were ideal. Congrats on your first century.

It's always a huge turn out. A lot of Team in Training groups show up since it is an easy century. I'll give them credit for getting some some folks who you wouldn't think capable finishing a century out for the ride. Good on them.