We did an unsupported metric century club ride today- clocking in at just under 67 miles.
There were 24 leaving for the various routes and somehow I ended up at the back. DH waited for me, and then we got cut off from the group by a choo choo. By the time the gates were up, no one anywhere. DH was quite mad about this and he is a mellow guy so it must have been the hot weather. We then continued on missing a turn and adding about 2 miles to our route. The ride had started in a town we were less familiar with but went into the towns we ride all the time. So, we got ourselves back on course. He was in such a mood that I just let the pedals work it out of him and finally he decided it was ok, and chirped up to me again. From that point on things were good!

We ended up going on the very loop we often take from the home, but there were a few new roads thrown in, and added on the way back "The Hills of Harvard." In this area, Harvard MA is quite well known for hill riding but we never had done any of them before. Now I understand, these are some awesome long climbs [up behind the Fruitlands for any locals].

Oddly, the ride write up claimed this was 2400 elevation gain along the whole course but we were very suspicious of that from the get go, since my GPS lat/lon points are topo corrected by Motionbased, and we knew the loop we ride was already more than that. But, so be it. End result: 4k of climbing. WOOO HOO! What fun, we did 6700 ft in a weekend! That is a lot for us.

Anyway, it was a nice ride, a little hot and humid at points but we kept up the fluids and intake well. Finished in 5:10 moving time which isn't fast but considering the route not so bad. Most of all, did not have any bike issues or rain or anything else I don't like to encounter (dogs? mean cars? etc).

YAY! Now we mostly rest before our PMC weekend. Maybe a short midweek flat ride or some swimming...