June 3 Our First Century!

The first scheduled “century,” as we like to call it in the bicycling world, was today. Approximately one-hundred and three miles to reach, yet again, a new state—Indiana.Many riders would agree that the trip through Ohio was rather short, but, at the same time, enjoyable. Columbus was a beautiful city with plenty to do; however, Thursdays are not, apparently, good days for everyone else. Not a single Subway restaurant was open. Needless to say, at least for the riders, “Momma G, (Gabrielle)” was not happy.Somehow, someway, we still slept with bellies full; however, we awoke intimidated. Today was the day—the day of the century. Some said it would take all day. The forecast would surely pound dozens of UV rays onto our backs causing us to both bronze and drink 10 bottles of water each. In the end, again to our surprise, it was not that bad. In fact, the first group to get in, team “Push It Jr.” arrived at 3:30p.m. Team “Push It” arrived shortly after.There was one rider-on-rider collision today. It wasn't really all that bad. Our dear, one and only, Greg Bopp was able to fix Rachel's broken spoke and Katie received a nice bandage for her scrape. Since a broken spoke can sometimes corrode the wheel, she was not recommended to finish today's ride. For that reason, little and eager Rachel didn't even get to meet her 100-mile mark. David, our temporary (but terrific!) van driver, picked her up and brought her to our stay over in Richmond, IN.The only reason David was the van driver today was due to his bike—it's broken. Matt Cillick came to the rescue and brought a bike from Champaign for David to use. Thanks Matt, Mary, and Erik. You guys are awesome!