Except for the wind, the weather was perfect!!!!

This was my first metric century. Two friends and I spent the weekend in Cambridge; one had no real biking experience and did the 19-mile ride (which impresses me hugely), and the other friend and I did the metric. I'm not sure I'd have stuck with it if not for the other friend, who has much more riding experience than I do and is in much better shape than I. We had a little extra mileage on our bikes from backtracking and riding in the parking lot and so on; when we were within about three miles of the end, she joked that once she hit 62.5 miles, she was stopping and calling our other friend to come get her. Not five minutes later, her rear tire blew. (Not just the tube, but the tire; it was impressively shredded.) Her mileage? Just a shade over 62.5; I guess her tire was done!

I was the last person in. Absolute dead last.

I had a blast!!!