Today I went and tested out the ride we are doing on 9/17 (again). We got lost last Sat. and now we have the cue sheet right. But... this is a hill ride. We added a couple of (6) miles to keep the group off of a main road and now there are 3 more climbs, one being pretty challenging. It was weird weather, with Ernesto, or what's left of him, coming toward New England. I was cold, then hot, then cold about every 15 minutes and the wind picked up considerably near the end. So... last week I felt great on this ride. Today, everything hurt and I am thinking I'm crazy to be doing a century in 3 weeks. But, the century is flat and this ride had about 3,000 feet of climbing, coming after a day when I rode one of my fastest speeds ever. Near the end, I was really losing it, I had to slow down a lot. We had ridden to our friend's house where the start is and when we got back there, I was wishing we had driven. But, I ate 2 shot blocks and made last 4.5 miles.

Total 53 miles in 3 hours 48 minutes.