Tackled a club century today. It was a beautiful day to be on a bike in southern Indiana. The skies were clear, temps started in the mid 70's and climbed into the low 90's by the end of the ride. We did have to fight a slight headwind on and off throughout the day. I fell in with a of guys (I was a rose amongst many thorns ) and the pace was fast all day long. At about the 60 mile mark my average speed was 18 mph and I knew it probably would not stand but heck I was pretty darn proud at that point. The last 30 miles of the route consisted of a lot of climbs and so the average speed took a tumble. However, at the end I was still beaming for I posted my fastest century yet - 99.7 miles, 5 hours and 39 minutes on the bike and drum roll please........... an average speed of 17.66 mph.