Holy cow, that sounds very scary Pam!! I'm glad you're okay (other than being 'shaken').. Hope the ice cream helped calm the nerves!

I had a very challenging CENTURY at "Tulsa Tough" today. <shaking head at self> I had convinced myself I would do the 100K both days, but I dunno.. Just got caught up in feeling good the first 30 and deciding I could go ahead and "go for it".

Well, the first 45-50 were very nice..until the wind picked up and I turned into it directly. Also, it got very warm (90F) and there were no group pace lines out on the century this year. It was especially brutal and because of all this, I guess I've officially overextended myself a bit too far. I'm not sure I can ride tomorrow at all like i'd planned all along.

Hats off to all you ultra-distance folks who can do this back-to-back. I think I'd have to have alot more riding in and on more consecutive days before this'd really be possible for my body. I won't say its impossible, but it really AINT easy..

I met Katie from Fayetteville, AR (fellow TE'r) this morning a couple of times on the course before I turned off to the 100M route. I hope she posts her Tulsa Tough experience on here. She hosted some Jelly Belly riders at Joe Martin a couple of weeks ago and one of them won the pro crit race last night. She's riding the Sunday 100K as well has today's... two diff and challenging courses.

Well, I'm talking your ears off.. I'm pretty sore and should get to bed now...

Summary:
100.98 miles
14.8mph avg (last 20 I slowed down considerably while whining LOL)
5500ft climbing
max grade 16.1% (that might've been on a gravel portion, too - ugh!)
max temp 90F, wind speed 14mphWSW max