Today one of our club members, Joe made plans for a century. The plan was to start at 10 and get in 50 by 1:00 and then go out again and do the last 50. We had another windy day with a 15 mph wind out of the east and the wind chill was in the upper 30's to mid 40's throughout the day.
Seven of our club members (including 3 of the riders joining me on my Colorado ride) came out for the first 50 and two more joined us part-way through. My average for the first half of the century was 17.2 mph. I was having trouble with my speedometer and I only registered 43 miles for the first loop. I didn't get a chance to ask anyone else what they logged.
On the next loop some of our earlier riders went home and we picked up one new rider. There were five of us on this ride. My legs were starting to give out and I needed to get back home to meet some friends for dinner, so I returned to the truck with a total of 84 miles for the day. It was my longest ride of the year and was pretty tired after the ride. I know I need to do many more of these longer rides to build up some endurance for my Colorado ride.
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