Amanda,

I feel your pain sister! I participated in that ride for the 4th year and this was by far the most brutal. The wind was just unrelenting! I considered taking the SAG in (1st time ever) at about mile 70 but my dear friend convinced me to get on her rear wheel (drafting) and "chew off one mile at a time". Well it worked for about 7 miles and then all I could focus on again was the dang wind. I was pedaling no more than 10mph cussing the winds and begging them to stop for just a few minutes to give me time to recompose my thoughts. I had to keep reminding myself that their was cold Shiner beer at the finish just calling for me in the not too far distance.