Advice for a long event

[velo]

Hi all. Just wanted to give a quick update even though it's been 2 weeks. We had a great ride and beautiful, warm, but not hot weather in spite of 12 or so mph headwind the whole way (this is a one-way ride). We had one mechanical that really set us back. My husband SAGged for the 4 of us, so we waited and he whisked bike and rider away to the nearest bike shop (we were still in metro Indianapolis) to get bike fixed. That probably cost us about 1.5 hours or so, maybe a little less. Nutrition was good, hydration was good and I felt strong at the end. My garmin says 162.11 miles, 10:22 rolling time, and just under 4800ft of ascent. I'm very happy with that. Because the end is a slight upward grade and the wind was in our face the whole day, I told my husband that if we didn't have others with us, I would have turned around and done 38 more to get my first ever in my life double-century in. That would have been the day to do it. I really nailed the nutrition and feel like my training was adequate. So all around, it was a success and it was nice to do this very wonderfully organized event again after being away from it so long. Kudos to all of the volunteers and organizers cheering us all along the way and a special thanks to my husband and daughter for spending a long and BORING day leap-frogging us across the state. Finally, thank you to all of you here for your words of wisdom and encouragement. Just goes to show that this is not a solo sport - it takes a team.