2008 Honolulu Century Ride...

Today was the 2008 Century Ride...and I DIDN'T do it...along with about 400 LESS people compared to last year. According to my Japan friend, Kushima san, the air fares were really affecting the participation of Nihonjin with fares costing a crazy $1,000!!! ($600 with an ADDED fuel surcharge of $400!!!) Hopefully by this Febuary, the airfares will come down!!!

So, I woke up late again today and headed out the door at 2pm. Rode to Sandy Beach and there were still lots of riders (many girls) riding in at 3:30ish. The weather was really hot and but nice for the ride, as you can see from this shot above the world famous Bamboo Ridge - you could clearly see Molokai and Lanai in the distance today.


Although I didn't do the ride this year, I sort of did my own "Century" - yesterday I rode over 2.5 hours and today I did over 3.5 hours, so, I guess I must have done close to 100 miles over 2 days. An "unofficial" finishers picture of myself with the "real" finish in the background...