Third Century in Three Weeks (well, almost)

I am pleased to report that I finished my third (almost) century in as many weeks. I qualify this since three weeks ago I was forced to give in at 90 miles, but hey, 90% gets you on the honor roll where I come from. This weeks ride was "The Challenge of the Centuries" out of Hartwell, GA and it was a blast. Very fast (read "flat") course with about 400 riders, including the 20, 50 and metric rides. The Sags were well done and unlike three weeks ago, I hung with some other riders and managed to stay on course the whole ride. I finished the century in around 6:30 which is a PR for me. I felt great on the ride and we had perfect weather conditions- low humidity, 80 degrees tops and not much wind- almost too easy.

The month of May is turning out to be a very good training month for me. I should top 1,200 miles and will have 3 weeks with well over 300 miles. With less than three weeks to go, I'm feeling more confident, especially with three (almost) centuries in the bag this month. I hope to finish my training with two more centuries and probably another 600-800 more miles. This should put me at nearly 9,000 training miles. Man, it seems impossible that I could have ridden that much. If all goes according to plan, I'll have over 12,000 miles in total at the end of the tour- half way around the planet in about 14 months.