The Century

Today is going to be my first day riding over 100 miles.  I am going to take my normal route from the house up to the towers at South Mountain.  My dad is going to meet me at the top with a few extremely cute and excitable little dogs.  I am then going to ride home and enjoy some soup and a ham sandwich on fresh sourdough, yum.  Once I have eaten, I will be riding up Usery park rd., a 45 mile round trip.  I am starting my ride at 8:30 and have set a goal to be done by 5:00.  Am I nervous?  Nope.  Do I fear I won't make it?   Nope.  Am I thinking it is going to be a bit cold on the way out there this morning?  Yup.  50 degrees is a bit cooler than I normally ride in :-).  I will be warmed up well before I climb the mountain, and once I'm there, I am not going to need to think about wind speed. . . I ride up SM at a whopping 6 mph at some points!