Don't feel bad about it, think of all that great training you've been doing and keep moving forward on the momentum. Honestly, it took everything I could muster to gear up and pull the bike off the car in that morning.

I bailed out from doing it last year because of the heavy rain but, you know, that made me even more determined to show up and do it this year. I am glad that I had the extra year of training and getting excited for it. (And, glad for my new waterproof socks!)

So...I ended up doing the full century but was miserable the first half of it because of the strong head wind and nearly teetered over the bridge prior to the lunch rest stop.

I'm also glad to report that the piece of sand that blew into my eye on Saturday *finally* went away yesterday. (See, you missed being sandblasted which wasn't fun at all!)

I'm looking forward to next year...rain or shine...but, I can really do without the wind!!!