Mileage base question

[Catrin]

Think back on your ride yesterday. On a long ride the wind comes up around mile 60, more or less, and then picks up tempo and can be real gusty by mile 80. So on yesterday's ride, could you have ridden another 40 miles in the wind to have completed a century? And could you have ridden another 65 miles to have completed a brevet?

Of course not, last weekend was the first time that I've ridden 60 miles but my mileage base is increasing

Thanks for your comments, and for everyone else who has commented on this. I just wasn't sure if I need to do more than a century prior to the brevet and it is obvious that I need to do so if at all possible. The adventure continues