Yes…I decided to enter this 70 mile race for the second time. It has been a year since I entered this race for the first time back in Oct 2010. Here I am in my 40′s riding a bicycle? What am I thinking? This year I was much more prepared both mentally and physically. I would say it was more mentally. I am only 7 pounds lighter than I was a year ago. I was very happy with the results of the race. I finished an hour faster than last year. My goal was to finish 70 miles in 3 1/2 hrs. All week …I would say to myself and everyone else that I was going to finish 3 1/2 hrs. I actually did better than that ….I finished 3hrs 18 min. I was up in the air for about a week. My head was also inflated. Until…I had my bike serviced…I found that one of my bearings were broken? Wow! Could I have finished in 3 hrs??? Not… The power of preparation is what I call it.