Hank,

Hope you'll join us. There are usually a couple of groups according to pace,
number of breaks and riding style. This year the lead group is aiming for a
20 mph pace. They enjoy riding in a pace line. There are typically a
couple of scheduled breaks for food, etc, one at 60 miles, another at around
105, with another one or two as needed, especially if it's hot, later on.
The terrain is flat to rolling, and the scenery is gorgeous.

The mid pack riders (what we refer to as B/A level) will maintain paces of
from 15.5 to 17+ and may split into subgroups. I fit in the mid-pack group,
and since I worry about riding up someone's rear wheel, tend to avoid pace
lines.

Since you have a lot of century experience, the double won't really be a
quantum leap. It's just more of the same. The areas I have to watch are
hydration and fuel. The ride's leader, Bruce Wells, is a big advocate of
steadily eating grapes, which I have found to be really helpful-carbs and
fluids.

I do most of my training on weekdays (according to schedule) and Sundays.
We've been posting on this website when we were doing ad hoc rides, and
that's worked well. The people who do this ride are great company, and have
been very supportive.

Brad

Brad Kenyon
259 Hunter Avenue
Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591
914-631-4186