Tierra Bella Century?

[melissam]

Thanks, Jobob! Yep, that stretch into the headwind was indeed a whupfest.

I just realized that this was my first 100 mile ride since I rode the Primavera Century with my brother back in 1994.

[jobob]

Woo-hoo! Pass the fig newtons! (or was it oreos?)

[melissam]

Woo-hoo! Pass the fig newtons! (or was it oreos?)

It was Fig Newtons.

[snapdragen]

Fig newtons and LemonDrops all around....eww. Maybe just the 'newtons tonight.

Yay Mel!

[melissam]

Hey Snap,

I was wondering if you were working the Tierra Bella. I kept my eye out for you, but obviously didn't see you.

Your club did a fantastic job on the event!

-- Mel

[Bike Goddess]

Thanks Melissm for the report. I too felt sorry for any cyclist out today in these nasty winds, which are, BTW still blowing strong up my way.

Congrats to you on a well done ride! If you can get through that ride, the ALC ride will seem like lemon drops!

[snapdragen]

Hey Snap,

I was wondering if you were working the Tierra Bella. I kept my eye out for you, but obviously didn't see you.

Your club did a fantastic job on the event!

-- Mel

I didn't work this year...I forgot to sign up.

[tealamb]

I only have one question for you: Before you got to Uvas were you eating and drinking? You sound as though you had run out of fuel since you were doing much better after food.

Nope! I ate at the Hot Springs rest stop, but not while on the bike before Uvas. And, after approximately eleventy-billion times of doing this exact same thing, do you think I'd learn my lesson about not eating = bonking?? AND, I even took a baggie of trailmix with me from the rest stop, OPENED it, and put it in my Bento right in front of me so that I could dip into it while riding. But did I?
I guess I was just really concentrating, trying to deal with the wind and catch up to the rest of my group. I dunno. If you all have any hints as to how I can remind myself to eat, other than a complete brain transplant, I'm all ears.

Thanks for the kind words about all my blathering.