Quote Originally Posted by jobob View Post

That way you miss out on the 20 miles or so of relatively boring flatland on the first part of century route.
Some of us almost missed the turn around cone to boot! If one has to have the miles to make it a century, then do it. That's why I did it last year. That and it was a nice warm up in the cool air! Other than that, I echo what Jobob said.