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.
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