I really enjoy doing long rides by myself! I managed a few solo centuries last year.

The first two, in January and March, were to scout out checkpoints for the RUSA 200K permanent route I was planning.

Here's the writeup on my blog for the one in March - the highlights were an unexpected encounter with aka_kim, and being passed by pro racer Fast Freddie Rodriguez on a climb like I was standing still - no, make that like I was going backwards.

Later in the year I rode my RUSA 200K permanent twice by myself. I was really jazzed the first time I did it, in August, and I had a fairly long write up in my blog complete with pictures. Not one to hide under a bushel I also posted a long writeup on TE. A highlight of this ride, besides completing the darn thing w/in the time allotted, was a close encounter with a Big Fuzzy Tarantula

I rode that same route again by myself in late September. It was two weeks after I had attempted it with Veronica and Melissam on a horribly hot day. ( On that day I got about 70-something miles into it and, passing a BART rapid transit station, decided I had enough, thank you, and left V and Mel for the comfort of an air-conditioned ride back to the start. Hey, I never said I wasn't a wimp. ) But two weeks later it was much cooler out - what a difference!

This year I haven't done anything remotely as epic. Oh, I had my plans but they were pretty well squashed by my crash. But I'll be back on my bike soon, and who knows, perhaps I'll get another solo century or 200K in by years end.