HoLottaMiles (WW # 112)

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Teresa and I have been scheming for about a year now to get together for a Century Ride.  In case you need some mathematical clarification -- that's 100 miles.  [Think about it this way -- if you left your house and drove 100 miles, where would you be?]  We had a hard time finding a date that would work, swept the plan aside for a while and also contemplated doing a Metric Ride (still a worthy and daunting challenge of 60+ miles).   On the spur of the moment, we chose the Johnny Ray Century to finally put it to rest.  I scheduled Sanity for a much needed spa day in the short time we had before the race.

Friday morning while picking up Sanity, I overheard the bike mechanics discussing the next day's Century Ride.  I piped up to tell them I would be riding.  But...no!   I was wrong.  Surprisingly, they were discussing a different ride much closer to home, with 2 extra hours for completing the century distance, and with 1400 less feet of elevation gain.  Hmm....  The wheels in my brain started turning. The scrambling began to find out more about the Dam Century Ride (seriously, who can resist that name?). 

Teresa arrived on Friday evening later than planned (I'll let her tell you about that!) and we chilled a while before heading off for a carbo-loading pizza dinner.  We discussed the pro and cons of both century rides.  After much debate, we decided: let's do the Dam Ride!  We racked Sanity and Lexi, laid out our clothes, set an early alarm for the short trek to Tallassee and called it a night.

Sanity and Lexi together at last.

The ride did not require that everyone start at the same time, allowing you to leave from 7 until 9.   Due to *ahem* navigational issues, we arrived later than intended and by the time we registered, unmounted our bikes, got set up and visited the restroom, we were about 30 minutes behind riders who started at 7.   No sweat, right?  Got all day...

You may have guessed that we completed the Century, not opting for the turn to take us back for the shorter Metric distance.  I'm not going to recap the ride today as my first Century deserves a recap that isn't hastily put together.   There were so many things we saw, so many back road hills, our very own crew, things we did to entertain ourselves, a #holottamiles, a surprise ending and more.  I can't say enough about the wonderful people in Tallassee.   The event more than exceeded my expectations and vanquished my fears.

Ready to roll (sorry for the fuzzy pic)!

Let me say my heartfelt thanks to Teresa for going on this adventure with me.  We checked an item off our bucket list.   There is no way I could have (or would have) done this without her.   We pushed and pulled each other up every.damn.hill and through the horrendous life-sucking, delirious trash-talking 90 degree heat.  Most importantly, she participated in my obnoxious on course entertainment -- a true friend indeed!

My body?  Aside from a little soreness in my sit-bone area and effects from mild dehydration -- I'm feeling great.  The next adventure awaits! 

Do you enjoy riding a bike?

What is your next adventure?

And that's a wrap!



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