Which century?

[luvmyguys]

You guys made me look, which is making me feel a little better . . .

http://cross-timbers.org/sponsors Info on timing is toward the bottom.

Century riders start at 7:30, and last year, all services closed at 2 p.m. So I guess that means that as long as I was at the last stop before that time (which would be a more reasonable pace of 13ish mph if I only take 30 minutes worth of breaks - but I think I'm going to need more in breaks!).

It does look like this year, they extended the closing time to 3 p.m, which would give me another hour for breaks at a 13ish mph pace - which I can do, assuming I'm just trying to make the last stop before they shut down (makes ya wonder if they realized that 2 p.m. was a smidge unreasonable for it being a RIDE rather than a RACE???). The factor that makes me nervous is that north Texas is known for being very windy, which will obviously slow me down if it's coming at me. I think the extra hour will make the difference, but I'll be asking a lot of questions when I go to the information meeting this Saturday. I can maintain 15-16 mph without too much issue, but I don't know how the wind will factor into that over 100 miles. I would think that I would just get faster as I train, but I don't want to count on that necessarily.

I know that unless TNT is organizing the event (they're just participating in this one), they're still held to the rules that the event organizers set. They're willing organize walkers who want to walk a marathon, for instance, but the local marathon organization recently started shutting things down before a reasonable person could walk 26.2 miles.

I do know that TNT is good about making sure everyone is prepared, though, so I'm guessing they wouldn't have signed up for this one if they didn't think the average person could do it?? (Again, questions for the info meeting Saturday!)

Thanks!