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Gray Gato
08-07-2006, 05:00 AM
Hello everyone!
Saturday I completed my first metric century and I'm so pumped!
It didn't start very well... DH and I were late and got a 15 minute delayed start so we were pretty much by ourselves for the first 10 miles. No problem with that really, except that the cycle gods decided to punish us with a heavy downpour at mile 5. We were soaked. Water was slushing in my shoes, I couldn't see, I'm sure you all know the feeling, but it was a first for me. At the first rest stop we found that it was a microburst - that no one else got it. People looked at us and asked how we got so wet.... they thought we were profuse perspirators I guess.

It was a hilly course but beautiful.

Just had to share my joy as no one here in the workplace understands.
Veronica
08-07-2006, 05:02 AM
Congratulations! Sounds like it was quite an adventure.

V.
Bicyclette
08-07-2006, 05:18 AM
Congratulations!! I'm green with envy :D <--- see?!?!?!?!?! Hope it was fun and you have many more..

Pat
DDH
08-07-2006, 06:09 AM
Congratulations!! Glad you had a great ride. Other than the rain I mean. Don't feel alone, that would be what would happen to me. I'd be the only one rained on. :rolleyes:
Nokomis
08-07-2006, 07:23 AM
That's awesome!! Sorry about the rain, but it's gotta be funny in hind sight! :D

Keep on riding!
Brandy
08-07-2006, 08:51 AM
http://www.smileypad.com/v221/Happy/Big-Thumbs-Up.gif Congratulations!
roshelleuop
08-07-2006, 08:56 AM
Congratulations!!!! I know how it is when you accomplished something over the weekend and you tell people at work that you road a metric and they go huh? like on a bike? like a pedal bike? what's a metric? that sounds easy?
:D :D :D
Um, no! It's not easy and it's a great accomplishment!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
:D :D :D
Roshelle from Milwaukee
Tri Girl
08-07-2006, 09:47 AM
Congrats on completing your first metric century!!! Yay for you!
Sounds like it was fun (minus the rain) and that you had a good time.
While the people at work don't undertand, WE surely can appreciate how awesome an accomplishment that is! :)
CorsairMac
08-07-2006, 10:15 AM
Well Done and welcome to the club! so................when is your first century? lol
Gray Gato
08-07-2006, 01:21 PM
Thank you guys... appreciate the support!

and CorsairMac, I hope my first century is just around the corner!
spokewench
08-07-2006, 01:31 PM
That is a great accomplishment! And, because of the rain you have a great story for your first metric century. IT's always those crazy things like rain or running over a squirrel or the day you saw a bald eagle that makes you remember things more vividly!
esther231
08-07-2006, 03:11 PM
What a riot about the rain and it only catching the two of you. Everyone else must have been so confused. lol

Very happy for you and your DH and your ride. :) Congrats!!!
Bikingmomof3
08-07-2006, 03:53 PM
Congratulations. May you and your DH enjoy many more rides. :)
Bad JuJu
08-08-2006, 05:48 AM
Oh, that's great! Thanks for the mini ride report. Sorry about the rain, but as someone else said, it makes for a good story afterwards.

It's nice that you had someone to ride with. I did my first metric by myself, though I did find someone to ride with after starting--at about mile 7, another woman and I found that we were about matched in pace and we did the whole ride together. But no one at home understood--then. Since then, I've done a little indoctrination process so never again did I or will I arrive home to "ho-hum, so you rode your bike all day, big deal."

On the other hand, you couldn't find better congrats and encouragement than we get at these TE forums!:D