Sometimes It’s Enough To Finish

Riding an unsupported metric century sounded like a good idea this morning. Gear up. Pack some food, gels in your snazzy new jersey, $10 in your tailbag, a couple of water bottles on your bike and you’re off!


Sure. Until you realize it’s really warm and the wind is a steady 15 mph with gusts up to 25. Then it gets tough. We did see stuff like this:


And acted like a couple of scofflaws when we used a bridge that was marked closed and barricaded. It was fine for us. I’m sure it’s a load limit issue as the bridge looked in disrepair and is 106 years old.


But not every ride can be 70F with a light breeze. So, we slogged it out with an extra stop to buy water about 15 miles from home.

Some days you feel like you are race fast. Others it’s enough to finish the ride and not collapse at the finish.

Rides like this will prepare us for our big week as we #AIMFORZERO.

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