Wonder Woman Metric Century

Ready to conquer Wonder Woman 100K.

Today I rode in the Wonder Woman bike ride with Cyndie. I didn't really feel "prepared" physically, but I was able to ride the whole way - even the steep hill. We started out as a larger group, with Liz and Shalauna and a couple of other girls. At the five mile point, the others opted to ride only 30 miles and Cyndie and I went on together. We are a great team. Cyndie is a stronger rider, so she rides slower with me or goes ahead and then waits for me to catch up to her. That works well for me, it makes me a better rider trying to keep up. I did have one time towards the end of the ride that I asked her to open up, I think we had the wind at our back and I'd just had one of my energy snacks. We were cranking.

I wanted so much to take lots of pictures of things I saw, but that involves stopping and it is too hard when bike riding to start and stop as much as I'd like too. I took a couple of pictures while riding, but I didn't want to risk dropping my camera. So not tons of pictures.
We saw some very quaint and pretty communities, lots of road kill (Cyndie points it out so I don't miss it), cows, horses, llama's, goats, a totem pole, lots of statues in yards like a big lion and a gigantic green frog. Cyndie was startled by a big live snake along the side of the road that she almost ran over. We saw many beautiful orchards, corn fields, and a really cool canyon which we rode downhill. We saw the Mona Reservoir, lilac fields, and four antelope ran across the road in front of us. Then there were a couple of obnoxious dogs that were being held off by a WW volunteer squirting a water bottle. We were able to ride safely up a short steep hill because of him.

Wonder Woman lunch on the road.

The support on the ride was good. At most of the aide stations there was plenty to eat and drink. What a great lunch we had in Goshen. Sandwich, Cheetos, strawberries and some Hershey kisses.
The vehicle traffic treated us very well on this ride, no mad drivers at us biker girls. It was a great day and a safe one. It is always in the back of my mind the danger when we are riding on so many highways, it helps when the cars look out for us.

This is what we look like after riding 62 miles.
We are awesome. We are not having a good hair day.

Here are the stats for my metric 100K ride (62 miles):


Elevation Gain: 1,645 ft.
Moving Time: 5:24:06
Average Speed: 10.2 MPH
Maximum Speed: 33.7 MPH
Fastest mile: Mile 49 2:50.0
Calories: 3,607

Cyndie took this of me.
This is one fun bike outfit. Now we are styling.