Nanci,

Congrats on all your accomplishments! Three Gap is a very fun but also very challenging ride. The climbs are tough enough for those who train on them, not to mention for someone who comes from a flatter part of the country. You should be very proud of yourself!

I live reasonably close to that area so my friends and I ride up there regularly. Since I ride up there a lot, I chose to do the Six Gap Century. I don't have a good event photo to post -- I was riding in a pack of about a dozen people so you can barely see me. My favorite part of the ride is the last descent back to town although a close second is the descent of Hogpen just because it's so fast and steep. I hit 50mph!!! A little reward for the pain of the climb