April? 105-mile-a-day, nice and flat TOSRV is too much for May for those who don't winter in the South!
Girl, I never said you aren't strong!!! Don't ever think I said that! I don't doubt you could do CFC in your sleep.
Just don't dis our terrain or the riders here. Like my one riding buddy who did the Cinderella Century this year on a rented, poorly fitting mountain bike (the last bike she could get on short notice). And passed a whole lot of people while she was at it - she tells a story about how her knobby tires were making so much noise, people would yell "Car Back!" before she passed them. All of her training was here in the heartland, except for Mountain Mama, a little bit south of us - looks to be at least as many feet/mile as DMD, if half the distance - lots of people from our area did Mt. Mama, with no training on what you would consider "hills," and they finished it just fine (including one guy who broke his wrist early on and finished the ride anyway, but he's just nuts ).
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler