cycling schedule taking shape

After a really strong ride on Skyline Drive the other week (yeah, yeah, I’ll write it up soon), I’ve found that I’m still strong on the long climbs and probably have the legs for a century right now. So I’ve done a bit of additional pondering with regard to my summer ride schedule.

Here’s how it looks as of today (Friday, March 28):

• Mountains of Misery (May 25 – 100 miles)
• Harlem Valley Rail Ride (July 27 – 100 miles)
• Shasta Super Century (August 3 – 135 miles)
• Reston Century (August 24 – 100 miles)
• Bay Country Century (September 1 – 100 miles)
• Civil War Century (September 6 – 100 miles)
• PPTC Historic Back Roads Century (September 21 – 100 miles)
• Seagull Century (October 4 – 100 miles)
• Great River Ride (October 12 – 112 miles)

There are also some “maybe” rides in the mix:

• Knotts Island Century (100 miles – May 10)
• Tour de Talbot (100 miles – June 7)
• Ride To See (100 miles – August 9)

And I’m going to lead my own design of a century route for a PPTC ride sometime in June, I think, as well as the PPTC “Tour de Gatorade” ride (usually sometime in the summer – not really sure on the exact time and date, as yet).