For the 4th year in a row, I rode the Pedal with Pete Cerebral Palsy ride. This is one of my favorites, it is well organized and well run (though there was an issue with lack of arrows at one of the first turns 🙂 ). There was also a sign at the finish stating that since Pete (who has CP) started his foundation in 1993, they have raised over $950,000. This isn’t a ride I solicit donations for, I simply pay the registration fee, but they’ve done an amazing thing here. There were 1000 participants (I think that included the walkers, too) this year and they offered 7 routes ranging from 7 mi for the kids to a century (100 mi). Last year, rain kept me from riding the metric century, but this year the weather was perfect, so I went for it. It is actually slightly longer than a metric century (100 km), it was just over 64, so my “stretch goal” was 4 hours for the ride (which would have been right at 16.0 mph). I actually beat that comfortably. I also must have been channeling my brother-in-law Bill Devorick and became the “social butterfly” because I rode in several groups (especially on the way out) and talked to more people on this ride than I have probably since Tami King moved away. Temp (min/avg/max) – 62.6/74.6/82.4, wind from W @ 6, max grade – 3.6%, total climbing – 461ft, HRM zones 3-5 2:27, HR (min/avg/max) – 91/150.0/177. 64.49 mi (103.79 km) in 3:52:51, avg = 16.62 mph (26.75 km/h), max = 29.8 mph (48.0 km/h).
