Hammer Hundred Report

Temp at Start 50
Temp at Finish 54
Humidity 88%
Wind SSE 9mph
Barometric Pressure 29.76
Visibility 2 miles
Rain at about 95 miles
Started with 5 riders ended with 3
Started out tame until we got to Bailey Rd hill (about 20 miles), and Todd Sample came around me with an incredible kick. I was lucky to hang on, but the pain from that effort stayed with me for the rest of the ride. THANKS TODD!
It seemed like there were no flats on this route. It was either up or down, and just like when I walked to school as a kid it was up hill both ways all the time.
The head wind out to Afton wasn't too bad with everyone taking turns up front, and John taking all the sprint signs. I enjoyed watching. Into Afton we got a bit of a tail wind and did some serious screaming on the descents. My computer showed 41.5 mph. Yeah Baby!
With the tail wind into Stillwater we were able to take it relatively easy and still maintain a good pace. We stopped in Stillwater and I got the usual Gatorade, Rice Krispie Treat, and Baby Ruth candy bar. John was chompin' at the bit to get going. We continued North heading to Marine on St Croix. This was a pretty difficult stretch even with the tail wind. Even the smallest hill took it's toll and split the three of us up several times.
Nasson hill is tough when you're fresh. We got there with 75 miles on our legs. I was in total agony. It wasn't just my legs everything was hurting. Nobody came around me THIS TIME, and with a few miles of relatively flat roads we all got back together.
Now that we're all back together John gets like this second wind thing. We're hanging on for dear life. He's possessed or something, and taking mammoth pulls. He finally settles down a little and the ride turns pretty uneventful. We're just trying to maintain a pace that will give us a respectable average speed to report back with. At about 95 miles it starts to rain, but it's light and is kind of refreshing. Good God Damn hard ride. With a couple of very strong riders we came in with an average at 21.1 mph for 113 miles.

Where's the Advil?