We joined a group of about 20 riders in our neighboring ward for the 3rd Annual Heritage Oaks Century Ride. Originally, the girls and I were going to ride the first 50 miles, which ended at the Golden Gate Bridge, and then take the train home. A few days before the ride though we looked at the "alleged" course map. Since it showed only 3500 ft. of elevation for the whole ride we thought we could do it. However, after a wreck, two flat tires, getting separated from the group and getting lost in the city, I think we were all second guessing ourselves at one point or the other. We rode through sand, rain, fog, sun and ended up climbing over 7000 ft. It took us a painful 9.5 hours to finish with all the stops, but it definitely feels awesome to have accomplished a full century, plus an extra 1.7 miles for good measure:)
The halfway point at the Golden Gate Bridge. Steph, Jary, Kristy, Chris, Heather, Christian & Doug!
We were exhausted. Christian was asleep by 7:30pm and he would've slept there all night if I didn't wake him (farmer's tan and all).
2 comments:
you guys are awesome! way to go!
I am SO impressed! What a great accomplishment!
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