well, we left at 6:00AM and headed out... I completed the ride with a very minor knee soreness!!! Waaaaaay better than the knee had been... there was an 8 mile climb... not too steep but definitely a climb and even that didn't mess me up! FINALLY! I think I'm back... Have 2 more centuries already signed up for this year... one in August and another in Sept... this renewed my faith that my body isn't gonna fail me after all!