Did a 75 miler today that was, in some ways, harder than my first century a little over a month ago. It was humid at the start (which really messed with my asthma), hilly as heck, and we had a headwind (and I only got 5 hours of sleep as we were on the other side of the state welcoming some friends who did a cross-state ride, yesterday, which got us back home really late). The first 25 miles were the worst. I thought I would be happy to switch to the 50 mile route.

But somebody (my hubby) dragged me along. And the last 20 miles were pretty fantastic. On a well-rested day that would have been challenging and fabulous. Today it was challenging...and challenging.