At least I was faster than continental drift

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     So yesterday I did the horribly hilly hundreds.  134 miles.  5000 vertical feet of climbing. 11 hours 4 minutes of saddle time. Heat index well over 100.  I know it is a ride not a race, but I still finished really far back.  I finished ahead of everyone that had mechanical ride ending mechanical problems, everyone that had ride ending physical problems, everyone that cut the course (that irritated the crap out of me, most of the people on the ride were training for the iron man, try cutting that course and see what it gets you) and everyone that wussed out and took the 60 mile course.  Oh and like 5-10 people who I was genuinely faster than.  ( out of more than 1000 riders)  (some people had crazy low gearing on their bikes, witha triple chainring up front and and a mountain bike cassette in back, that's like a 1:1 ratio, you could climb stairs, and some ladders with gearing that low, my bike, not so low)
   Note to self: the works of Oingo Boingo are wildly over-represented on my I-pod.  I have 1394 different songs on that thing and I still managed to hear 'Only a lad' 3 times, and lets face it, that song is pretty irritating to begin with. Its time to trim that playlist, and or get new songs.  suggestions are welcome