Quote Originally Posted by blue_angel View Post
For the most part I didn't. But I was riding the century in an organized ride, so there were scheduled rest stops, and I knew the mileage of those from the cue sheet: the store was at mile 35, the lunch stop at mile 50, the last rest-stop at mile 78, and then 100 miles was at the fairgrounds where the ride began. When I was riding with the group of guys, I asked them at one point how far along we were and was told we were at about 70 miles. So at least I had a general sense.
Ahhh, I see. I guess I should have picked up on the point that it was an "organized" century...but must have missed that. I've only done 1 organized century so far, the rest (about 8 total) have all been self-supported. One of these days, I'd like to do another organized one simply because the route is already planned out, and it's great to have rest stops stocked with good snacks.