As in one of the other discussion boards, this was my first. I finished in around 7 hours, avg speed, well I'll check my bike when I get home. I could not believe the flats! I did not get one. But everyone in my group did. I also saw some dead jackrabbits. I felt that I was pretty slow the first 40 miles, but I picked up steam after that. Met a lot of nice people. Every SAG stop had plenty of goodies when I got there. Gave some people a cheap thrill by pouring water over my top several times. I was pretty grumpy the last 10 miles. We seemed to have to stop at every red light possible. Will definitely be there next year.