My Chico ride (also the century) started at about 7:15AM. Fortunately by that time it was just cool outside. Not much wind, just wet roads. The first hill we did came at about the 5 mile point- since I wasn't warmed up by then, it was a bit of a grind. However, the two big hills lay lurking in the future!

As we approached the windier parts of the the 1st big hill, it got pretty wet. When I finally slugged it out to the top, it was literally spitting rain! That cold wet stuff. To add to that, my glasses got fogged up which meant "No Can See". So, at the 1st rest stop, off the glasses came! (Good thing I have contact lenses!)

Of course, the rain continued which made the supposedly nice downhill trek a bit of a challenge (as well as being cold) ! However, after that things got better weatherwise, thank goodness! One down, one to go!

The 2nd big hilll- Flattop Mountain (they call it) was actually a bit steeper than than the 1st (HoneyRunRoad). As we slugged it out,(being passed by the hammerheads) one woman I passed mentioned that last year it was 104 degrees going up this hill (yuk), so it was hard to complain.

We were rewarded with lunch shortly after the top and a wonderful descent. I'd paid my weather dues, the rain was way gone, and NO wind!!! Going down that hill I was glad to have stuck it out!

Most of this ride was done solo- met a guy who drafted behind me about 35miles before the end of the ride. So we pretty much rode together part of the time following tandems (V- I love your tandem)- which speeded up our ride home considerably!

Ride OK, Food OK, Riders- not very polite- Very few pacelines or individuals called out when passing and some even rode to the right of me which I didn't appreciate

Ride time: 6hr 37min

WE NEED TO KEEP SETTING THE EXAMPLE of CALLING OUT and TALKING TO OTHER RIDERS! I appreciate it and others I passed did as well.

Next century is in Marin county on May 1st. Should be nice as weather supposed to warm up here in California next weekend!

Re Cindy Sue- Sorry I missed you as well!!!