I'm just really glad I finished. My 50 year old husband finished just under 3 hours. I'm really proud of him. At first when he decided to do this I kind of felt like I wasn't experienced enough and I was upset about us not getting to ride together. But it was hard enough that there really wouldn't have been a lot of togetherness if we had rode together. I knew that it would take all the endurance I had. I've done 12 centuries so I knew I could finish. I've only been mountain biking for a year, and mostly sissy stuff at that. I did try all sorts of terrain, but not much technical because it scares me! I did hear people say the course was different than last year in some places.