As you've read in the last year, we have been riding bikes a lot. Jennifer gets more time to ride after work than Keith does, and she's been training for a big ride coming up.
Before she turns 30, Jennifer will ride a metric century. That's one hundred kilometers (about 62.2 miles) in one day.
As predicted, the last six weeks of this year will be busy. There's Thanksgiving, Jennifer's birthday, and Christmas. We also hope to go camping sooner or later! So, before the hectic time comes, we've decided to schedule the metric century for next weekend.
Training has been good. Jennifer has been on the bike for 20-40 miles every other day for the last two weeks, and she was riding quite a bit before that time. Today is her last significant ride before the metric century. Her weekly mileage has been 75-90 miles with the longest ride being 41 miles. We did ride 50 miles in May, but the conditions were better than Jennifer will have next weekend. Next week, Jennifer will ride twice for 10-15 miles each. Then, the game plan for the big ride is 63.5 miles from Byron to Columbus.
Keith will follow along in the car with snacks, repair tools, and patience. The planned route is 75 miles on four-lane highways (sometimes including a bike lane), but we'll load the bike on the car for the giant hills. Google Maps has a pedometer feature that lets you map out a route and see the changes in elevations. We used the map and our familiarity with the route to make decisions about where to ride and where to drive up the hills.
If, by chance, you are interested in joining Jennifer for part of the trip (3 miles or 20 miles or anywhere in between), let us know. We'll report back after the ride to let you know that we finished.
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