A couple of more thoughts.
The preident of my local club is capapable of dropping pro roadies, but lil' miss pokey has more miles than he does on bike journal.
So yeah, miles without any underlying critera is just... junk. I remeber talking with the Guys that I rode into Flagstaff with on the Arizona 300K i did last weekend about how that was tough than most centuries we had done. Ironically, the last Time i was in AZ was for the Tour De Tuscon, where i did about twice the miles (109 vs 65) in less time (7 vs 8).