Sam’s random musings

So a year or so ago when I started road bike riding, I was inspired by Seth’s birthday century rides to try one last year, but I hadn’t been riding very long and 100 miles is a long way… This year I signed up for the Tour of Tucson, a 100+ mile perimeter ride around Tucson AZ (where I live). This is a pretty big event here, 8000+ riders, roads closed, two wash (dried river beds, think expanse of sand) crossings and great support, even one firehouse that makes pancakes for all comers… I had hoped to finish in under 6 hours, but due to some work issues and just life in general my training wasn’t quite where I had hoped it would be. So after 112 miles, 5 hours 54 min of riding time (as measured by the cycle computer) but with wash crossings and stopping to get some more water, oficial time was 6:18, still not too bad. And as Arnold would say…. I’ll be back!