Joined the club for yet another century. This one was much more fun than last week's ride and cheaper too!

The ride started in Charlestown, IN and made its way to the town of Dupont where we had lunch at the General Store. A sad and scared pit bull (unneutered male) joined us and seemed to enjoy the sandwiches, chips and other goodies that were tossed his way. From Dupont we made our way to Lexington, IN and back to Charlestown.

The weather was iffy at the start - little rain, strong winds and very gray skies. However, by the time we made our way to the first store the sun was out, the skies were blue and the wind was still ever present. By the time we made it to Dupont the sun had disappeared, temperatures were dropping and the wind was stronger (about 14 mph). Talk of rain was present and I found myself in a group racing to beat the precipitation. I elected to stop at the final store stop and most elected to press on. The rain did tease us from that point on but never made a serious attempt to soak us, thank goodness. As we pulled into the parking lot the rained started and I was glad to crawl into my warm car.

In the end I logged 102.17 miles and averaged 15.86. I will admit I'm a bit disappointed in this average speed for last year I averaged 16 mph. However, the wind was a factor the last 50 miles so I'm not going to complain to much.

It is now time to ice the ankle (it did some serious talking the first 50 miles or so), feed my critters and myself and crawl into bed early tonight.