Just read the blog, I admit that I am a tad hurt that Corrie forgot I was there, never been accused of being hard to miss.... Anyway, I started late (Apparently double checking the start time would have been the smart thing to do on Saturday morning, I was up plenty early!) By hammering the first 20 or so miles (oh yeah, she's a bright one!) I caught up with Debbie, Naked Man, Corrie, Linda etc. at Harvard, skipped the rest stop and rode up the White Pine grade with them. The hip problems reminiscent of I.M.T.G. were bugging me on the way up, but Linda saved me with a couple of ibuprofen at the top! Lunch was uneventful but I think I learned a very valuable lesson about 20 minutes after getting back on my bike, bagels and peanut butter do not work for me! Boy did I hit a wall! Once I figured out what the problem was, and after I told Debbie to go on without me, I had a sugar fix and felt great (OK, well better, great would be something of an exaggeration!). Note to self, this body prefers sugar in its most trashy and candy-like form! I met up with a fellow late starter, David, about half way to Bovill and chatted with him for the rest of the ride. It was his first ever century, and I think, a potential new bike club member.

Anyway, it was a fun day, I won a Les Schwab gift certificate with an apparently fantastic poker flush! Had to run in to work, rescue a friends cat and drive to Spokane:) Spent Sunday watching the NORBA championships on Schweitzer with Aaron, I think I have found a new stupid thing to try.... downhill on a bike here I come (Aarons already pricing up the cost of a full body cast!).

At the finish line with new David!