The weather was perfect for a long ride, slightly overcast and cool. We began early, 7:30 am to ride the 100M Century through Central CT. During the beginning of the ride, through a dirt covered road that was tree covered and damp, I got some kind of asthma attach or something. Although I recovered from that about 5 miles down the road, I decided to turn back to do the 62 mile ride somewhere in Killingworth. My brother Nick went on to complete the 100M journey through the hilly course. By the end I had done 72.,3 miles at around 14 mph, including the ferry crossings. Just east of the river we took 151 most of the way back to Glastonbury Ferry, and it was a bear! Hilly is not the word. Total accent was around 5000 ft. with most of that being EAST of the river...Wow! Needless to say I took my time, and took it relatively easy on the hills, but did push some of the fatter parts and rollers. My rear wheel needs a bit of a truing job, which I am too tired to do right now. Tomorrow is a better day to do maintenance. Got back to the Shop and had a cookout on the lawn...Nice! Had a great chicken kabob, a hot dog and a hamburger...after burning 7000+ KCals, I felt I could indulge.
The Men and Women of Cycling Concepts did a great job putting on the ride...Thanks Keith!
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