Day 2: FIRST CENTURY!

According to the Des Moines Register, today's RAGBRAI route (without the 18 mile "Century Loop") was the 7th hardest in RAGBRAI history.

With the century loop, there was talk it was one of the top 5 hardest days in history.

What made it hard?

-The hills
-The heat
-The distance
-The hills
-The hills
-Did I mention, the hills!?!

But, you all voted that I should attempt it so I did...so did my Aunt...and we BOTH finished!

101 miles! My first century. We spent a little under 7 hours on the bike and my average was 15 mph. We did stop quite a few times with the warm weather and the ridiculous hills, but 100 miles is under our belts!

Part of the RAGBRAI experience is all the good food you eat. Here are some staples of RAGBRAI I've had already:

-Mr. Pork Chop's Pork chops!
-Pancakes at a firehouse
-Danish pancakes...can't remember the names of these, but they're AMAZING!
-Sweet Corn
-More Pork Chops
-Gyros
-Mr. Smoothie's Smoothies
-Turkey Tom's Turkey (I plan on having this tomorrow!)

I calculated today's calorie intake (I had a lot of time to think on the bike), and I figured I probably consumed almost 4,500 calories...mostly protein, carbs, and of course, Gatorade. I hope I burnt that much!

Tomorrow is a shorter day...only 55 miles. We also get to sleep in. We don't plan to leave until around 7 AM. I'll try and post pictures tomorrow...Blogger is being difficult.