Getting to Know You!

[Spinchick]

Welcome, Rakekay!

If you are up to 60 miles, you can definetely do a century. You don't need to have ridden 100 miles to be able to ride 100 miles. Make sense? Seriously, riding in a big group like that with sag support and well-stocked rest stops, you can do the 100 miles.

Have fun!

[AllezGirl]

Hi RaKeKay,

You can definately do it! I rode my first century just 3 weeks after I got a road bike. Until that day, the furthest I had ridden was 50 miles. But after being coaxed by some club members, I decided to go for it. Since you are already up to 60 miles, you should be physically ready, so it's really about being mentally prepared. Our ride was across 3 states (PA to NYC), so after we left PA and entered NJ (about 4 miles into the ride) I just said to myself "One state down, only two to go". I also never thought about how many miles I had to go...just what I had already done, and after mile 53, every mile past that was the furthest distance I had gone, and that was pretty exciting!

Over all it was a great experience and I can't wait to do it again in a couple of weeks (the Pumpkin Patch Pedal in NJ, anyone else going?)

As for hills, just psych yourself up for climbs 3 times bigger than they really are, so when you get to the top you can say...gee, I'm here already!?! That wasn't so bad!

[Jo-n-NY]

Hi RaKeKay,

You can definately do it! I rode my first century just 3 weeks after I got a road bike. Until that day, the furthest I had ridden was 50 miles. But after being coaxed by some club members, I decided to go for it. Since you are already up to 60 miles, you should be physically ready, so it's really about being mentally prepared. Our ride was across 3 states (PA to NYC), so after we left PA and entered NJ (about 4 miles into the ride) I just said to myself "One state down, only two to go". I also never thought about how many miles I had to go...just what I had already done, and after mile 53, every mile past that was the furthest distance I had gone, and that was pretty exciting!

Over all it was a great experience and I can't wait to do it again in a couple of weeks (the Pumpkin Patch Pedal in NJ, anyone else going?)

As for hills, just psych yourself up for climbs 3 times bigger than they really are, so when you get to the top you can say...gee, I'm here already!?! That wasn't so bad!

i cannot believe i did not read this earlier. the pumkin patch pedal is what my husband, brother,etc just rode. Upon your return if you saw two people sitting under a tree at the rode side upon coming back into the park that was me and my daughter who just rode for 20 miles. my husband and others rode the 62. i was sitting with my fractured shlder.

until my injury the plan was to ride the century, but my husband and brother decided to go for just the fifty as they did not have many riding miles under their belt, but ended up rideing the 62 or 63, whatever it was. what time did you start and how long did it take you. my husband kept thinking the timing of a century would have taken too long.

joann