Alrighty, I finally got the Reston Century packet yesterday in the mail. It turns out there aren't three routes (half metric, metric, and regular centuries), but an additional three sections that you can do. Basically, you can choose to pedal 32.3 (half metric), 52.8, 63.5 (metric), 76.2, 91.5, or 104.2 (century) miles divvied up into eight cue tables and about 10 maps. The first and last cue sheets are entirely on the W&OD, and portions of the rest (one loop in Ashburn for the half metric, two loops in Hamilton, and one in Taylorstown) also hit the W&OD for a few miles here and there.

Anyway, I mapped out the metric century on MMR, and needless to say, I'm a little disappointed:

Booooooring.

Now, based on last night's ride, I can't say for sure if I'll do the metric. To put it bluntly, I felt like crap. I'm also sleep deprived from watching the Olympics until 12 AM every night, which is NOT helping my energy. The 52.8 mile route removes that stupid loop of Route 7 and the W&OD in Purcellville, which I'm more than happy to omit. However, looking at the sheets, there's another loop ("Hamilton South") that encompasses part of the MS ride I did back in May, and I'm tempted to do that part… but doing so would mean I'd hit 76 miles… and not that's not likely with my lack of training.

So, that being said… the 50 mile route is looking like it'll be in the cards. My average speed as of late has been turtle slow, so chances are it'll take me nearly 4 hours to finish.