Half-Century Men

On Saturday, Shaun Aries and I rode in the Albuquerque Century, which raises money for the American Diabetes Association. We entered the 50 mile (or half-century) ride since neither of us is quite ready for the full 100 miles yet.

It was a great morning with cool temps and not much wind which made for great riding weather.

I was surprised by the fact that we had a send off from a Scottish bagpipe band at the start and we were also cheered on by the sounds of pipes as we were going up the steepest climb on the course. Apparently there was a large group of 40+ Scottish bike riders who travelled over for this race!

Anyway, Shaun and I had a great ride in which we finished in 2 hours 59 mins, beating our goal of 3hrs!. We both said that we are going to try for the full century next time.