Is anyone riding the Seagull Century. I have read some old posts of others that have done the century in the past, but haven't seen any posts from anyone riding this year. I know it is a flat century ride and I know about the possibility of bad weather. (I won't ride if it is pouring rain or if there are any major storms.) I was hoping to get any other feedback on the ride itself, the support, general comments of the ride etc. This will be my first century ride. I was thinking about riding the St Mary's century ride but my husband (who is planning to ride it too) wants our first century to be something more well known and that has a little more "going on" at the rest stops and at the end for the party, if that makes sense...

I am definitely worried about the number of riders- last year it was 8400 I believe. I know there is heavy use of pacelines on this century too. We have never rode in pacelines. We do ride together often and will draft each other, but I have never really trusted anyone else to ride that close. The most riders I have really been around were at the Reston Century, which is clearly much smaller than this ride. Should I be worried or does it separate out pretty quickly according to levels.

There are also 2 routes for the century. I am trying to decide which one to sign up to ride. The original route goes to Assateague Island and the beach area vs the other one does not. I have heard that there are 4x more people signed up for the original than the Snow Hill route.

I do already have a hotel room booked, I didn't register for the ride yet though.