Get out of town?? St. Mary’s Century – St. Mary’s County, MD

[mdaugherty]

The St. Mary’s Century
(Previously known as the Amish Hundred)
Saturday, September 15, 2012

Each year, hundreds of cyclists enjoy the quiet rural charm of St. Mary’s County. Steeped in history and culture, Southern Maryland is laced with quiet country roads.

We have options for riders of various abilities. Choose a traditional full century (100 miles), a 63-mile, 50-mile, 38-mile, or 25-mile course. Routes are flat to rolling, with an occasional hill. Cyclists who pre-register will receive a St. Mary’s Century technical (wicking) T-shirt again this year, same day registrants will receive a shirt while supplies last. All rest stops have real bathrooms (no port-a-potties) and are sponsored by local restaurants. They will be well-stocked with traditional items as well as local specialties, and will include St. George’s Island, the Three Notch Trail (8 foot wide smooth pavement on reclaimed railroad right-of-way), and the pastoral 7th district. Whether you ride the entire 100 miles or the 25-mile route, count on the hospitality and friendliness cyclists have experienced on each of our previous Amish Hundred rides. At the end of the ride enjoy a shower at College of Southern Maryland and grab a bite at the free picnic.

To register for event go to BikeReg.com and search for St. Mary’s Century 2012, or go to Pax Velo Cycling Club and use the link.

All rides start from the College of Southern MD located in Leonardtown, MD, at 22950 Hollywood Road. Registration and packet pickup is from 7:00-9:00 am and century riders are required to start no later then 9:00 am.

For more information:
E-mail stmaryscentury@paxvelo.com or contact the ride coordinators, Fred Parker at 757-395-9305 or Mike Daugherty at 301-997-8487

Thank you.

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[mdaugherty]

Bump to the top. Thanks for reading and consideration. Ride safe.

[creadinger]

Great timing!

My wife and I are planning her first century for that same day up near Davidsonville, but I think now we’ll just ride with you guys instead. We did a training ride earlier this year south of La Plata and 100F temps aside it was really nice out there.

[creadinger]

My wife and I did this ride this weekend! Overall we had a very good ride and my wife completed her first ever 100 mile ride. Partial thanks to the beautiful weather!

It was a much smaller ride than I anticipated. The other routes probably had more riders but we never saw more than 10-20 century riders so the roads were pretty empty. Even though we got on the road at 7:15 (routes officially opened at 7) we were among the last riders to finish. I didn’t think our time was that slow though either (~9 hours total). Oh well. The crazy loops of the route were a little bit confusing at times, but we figured it out without too much trouble. The rest stops were well stocked with good quality cycling food, but aside from the bread pudding (excellent) at the first rest stop there wasn’t really much to get excited about. Real bathrooms were a nice touch though, especially compared to porta-potties.

Overall it was a very good day! After filling up on some post-ride hotdogs and veggie burgers as we packed up our car for the drive back to DC we decided that it was a perfect way to spend such a beautiful day.

Anyone ever heard of donkey baseball? The last rest stop was at a public park where this was going on. I’ve heard of donkey basketball, but never baseball.

[hussein1988]

I have ridden in this event the past 3 years and it is by far the best ride me and my friends do all year. The route, roads and rest stops are top notch. Pax Velo are great host and this ride will always be the highlight of my cycling year

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