Solvang Century??? Who had done it?

[Jiffer]

My friends and I have been debating about doing the Solvang Century, which is now only 3 weeks away. None of us have ever done it and we just decided today to go for it. Having not trained for it thus far, I was personally intending to only do the Half, but my friend is trying to psyche me into the full. She just did the Palm Springs century last weekend, so she's trained. I haven't ridden more than 30-ish miles this season, but I have felt surprisingly strong in what I have done. I'm climbing better for sure and my lungs are coping better.

The full century has 5000 feet of climbing. The most I've done in one ride, including Amtrak century, is about 3000. However, from what I've read, and from having driven in the Solvang area before, I know that the hills there are much more rolling than they are where I live. And I know from riding in Tahoe that I like rolling hills SO much more than my hills here, which are just UP for a long time before you go DOWN for a long time ... as opposed to a little up, a little down with some momentum to help you up the next.

Can someone tell me from personal experience what the climbing is like? Would you call it rolling? I saw a graph that shows the longest stretch near the end. How bad is this in real life?

Who thinks I can and should do this!