Little Red Riding Hood- Century Ride 2009

Sharlie and Glen, Sandra, Bobbi and Jas and I all took a trip up to Logan last weekend so us girls could ride the Little Red Riding Hood...an all girls century.

My first 100 (103 actually) mile ride ever!

Sharlie cooked us a delicious spaghetti dinner on Friday night. It was ready right as we got there around 9pm and it saved the day, we were starving!

The boys were our "support crew", it was great to have them there to drive us and for the morale support...boy at about 90 miles in I was wishing for Jason to give me a little push from the back...there was actually a guy with one group who we saw doing that...we tried to stick with that group, but they were too fast, I blame the tag along boy!

Here we are all looking chipper at about 8am just getting ready to start the ride.
I felt so good on the ride! I was riding strong and in the lead more than I have ever been before, though they advertised it as a flat ride there were a couple of good hills and I was even strong and keeping up on those!

I was amazed at how strong I still felt at lunch, which was 61 miles in.

WE DID IT!

(pictured left to right- Me, Sharlie, Sandra, Bobbi)

(Bobbi did the 80 mile option with another friend who she had signed up with)

It took us 7 hours and 40 minutes total time start to finish...that is a long time in the saddle...but saddle sore seemed to be the only real pain. My legs were a bit fatigued and my knees were a bit achy, but no muscle soreness at all, I was amazed!

We're ready to do it again next year!

See their cute pink jerseys? Those are the ride jersey, I got one but didn't want to wear it because it is sleeveless and I was wearing my arm warmers during the ride, according to Bicycle Magazine arm warmers with a sleeveless jersey are a fashion no,no (the only one I know who can pull it off is Guy Smith...) What a switch from St. George--the weather was awesome, it rained all night Friday night, right up until about 6am, then cleared out during the ride (but stayed cloudy) and then rained again Saturday evening and Sunday. We got maybe 4 drops of rain while riding. It was about 60 degrees and the scenery was beautiful! We were on country backroads with very little traffic and surrounded by green fields, trees and mountains capped with snow. It was majestic and pristine, a truly beautiful place to ride. Thanks so much to my girlfriends for sharing the road with me!

Every day life just gets better and better!