Quote Originally Posted by caligurl
tracy.... i've never done a non-organized century... cuz i just don't have the.... willpower? or whatever the word is.... i use the sag stops as my movitation and it makes it easier (easier?) for me... at least mentally! cool breeze is good cuz there are a lot of rest stops... so a lot of little interim motivators!

heck.... i set out on a ride around here and say i'm going to do 40.... and i'm bores and "done" after 20-25.... it really IS different doing it on your own rather than at an organized ride (and yes... even if you ride that organized ride "by yourself"... cuz you still have the little minit goals of the sag stops!

however... that said... if YOU don't want to do a century... then don't... cuz riding one is a LOT mental... and if you aren't prepared mentally... then you probably won't do it... (for me... i have NO desire to do a double century... even though i've had people badgering me to do them... i don't doubt i could.. just like i have NO doubt whatsoever that you could complete a century... but i don't WANT to do one... so that means i most likely wouldn't finish... MENTAL!)

but please don't write off the century yet.. you have almost a month to change your mind and ride.. you's all are worrying way too early about cool breeze!


p.s. brandy has permanently banished me from all future TE rides! shes a big ole MEANIE!


That's why you're da bomb CG! You are so good at 'getting' what I mean! I am not writing off the century at all; I've got to do at least one and it would probably be really good to do it when we all have each other as support! I am pretty sure I could do one even now under good circumstances. But, I'm exactly like you... those longer training rides are really tough for me. I do like that one w/the hills that I talk about though because once you get to the turn around point there isn't really a choice about finishing it up

I'll be doing the ride on Sunday then if the weather cools off or I can bribe DH into watching the wild things so I can leave early one time I'll probably hit that 40 miler again too; other than that, its gonna be 10-35 milers.

Trac'

ps. I'm over-riding you Brandy; Caligurl can never be banished!