Yesterday I took another baby step toward my long-term goal of completing a cycling century in every state. It was a gorgeous day for the Apple Cider Century, out of Three Oaks, MI. I got started a little later than I'd have liked, due to getting into the area really late on Saturday night (well, 1:30 Sunday am). But the ride was very well-supported, with four good rest areas, each well stocked with bananas, apples, trail mix, PB&J sandwiches, soup, cookies and, of course, apple cider in addition to the standard water and Gatorade. The hot cider was especially nice before things warmed up - though with a near-record high yesterday I only partook of that at the first stop - and lunch by Lake Michigan was very cool! And they had these cute little color-coded apples with directional stems consistently painted on the pavement to indicate the 5 different mileage routes. I managed to meet a few folks, all from Chicago as it turned out, and basically had a great time!
Anyway, I'm counting this as my Michigan century even though, checking the map today, it turns out that about half of the century route was actually in Indiana. (Grrr . . . !)
But man, am I tired and sore today! I wasn't nearly as ready for this one as I've been for my previous centuries!
more on conscience still to come
What a drag! Well, how does it help your Indiana century? Or have you already completed it?
ReplyDeleteBaseball? If my guys weren't playing, I wouldn't be watching. Well, maybe I would. My Mom lives in Arizona and started watching baseball in 2002. Of course, her team is the Dbacks. So maybe I'd be watching them (as I am at this very moment!).
be good.
NO, a century has to be ridden all in one day, and I've already gotten in Indiana (Ride Across Indiana last year was a brutally hot, 160 mile ride). But since this one started and ended in MI, and a (slight) majority of the miles were in MI, I'll settle for it, at least unless the opportunity for another one happens to fall into my lap.
ReplyDeleteThe Sox looked pretty strong last night, but then again, Beckett's pretty solid. We'll see how it falls out. They've become the mini-Yankees, so I'd kinda like to see the Angels take them down.