Quote Originally Posted by Bike Goddess
Dianyla- Some of us from the Bay Area (women) are doing the STP in two days. We're planning to stop in Vader (Good food, I hear from Sloe Joe). So...if you want to join us please do! Then you won't have to train so hard! I've done STP twice and always done it in two days. Enjoy the scenery and all the other cyclists!
I just might do that. I remember Vader (albeit very hazily) and it looked like a good place to stop. The problem with stopping in Centralia besides the hordes is that the first 10 miles of Day Two are some mildly icky hills by Napavine. And what really killed me last year is that I had been training for months to be prepared to do it in 2 days. A few weeks before the event some work stuff popped up and I had to be on a plane to Chicago that Sunday morning - so I had to rapidly change plans to do the 1-day ride instead.