Thanks, you guys, er, girls. The additional cost is really small for the longer ride, so not a worry there.

I am local, so it would be easy for me to know where I could bail to shorten the route or avoid a couple harder climbs (not that I would be smart enough to do that).

I was pretty toasty last weekend on the 50 mile ride, but I did the two hardest climbs...the first 60 miles of next weekend doesn't have the hardest climbing, so I'm thinking my legs won't be toasted.

But, deep down, I suspect I would be wise to just do as planned, use the metric as a training ride, and then use the whole 112 mile ride alone, later, for training. It just bums me out, I guess, that I didn't get ready in time for this years' whole thing. And, a part of me knows I could finish if I had to. Not the best reason to do it!