Finished First Century! Trailnet Ride the Rivers (LONG)

[Mr. Bloom]

OUtstanding! Congrats!

[Jiffer]

That is a LOT of elevation to climb for a first century! I did 3,000 for my first and was nervous about THAT. Avoided the 4,000 feet century a few weeks earlier that I had orginally intended to do, but chickened out on. I did the metric instead because I just didn't feel ready and didn't want to have a miserable time. The metric was perfect and by the time I did the full century 3 weeks later, I was much better prepared.

I can't imagine doing a century having only ridden 40-ish miles for your longest ride, as your BIL did. Way to go for both of you.

You guys ROCK!!!!

[TrekTheKaty]

Check out this post on BikeForum for more pics--that's me in ferry pic (flag jersey with BIL behind me in yellow!)

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...=1#post7659980

[lattae]

Hey Cunninghamair
I think I remember that big hill about a couple miles from St Charles that you were referring to as a 9% grade in your ride report... I bet you thought you were going to die when you were climbing that after riding 98 miles... I remember how fun it was going down it last year... can't imagine riding up it after all those miles. Last years ride was really tough after getting off the ferry at Grafton and heading down the river road.. we had nothing but head winds all the way back to St Louis until we made our turn to Washington Ave...so that was around 40 miles of strong hot winds.. I was beat by the time we got back to Schafly brewery parking lot. Thanks for your ride report and pictures...

[short cut sally]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful ride report. Very well written. Loved the pics. Glad you had a success story!!

[Brandy]

Congratulations on your first century!