2014 edition of the American Diabetes Associations Finger Lakes Tour de Cure Century Ride, August 16th 2014. Overall a very good and successful event for myself, with significant improvements over the past 2 years efforts. I managed to knock over an hour off of my 2013 time (7:20 moving, 8 hours total in 2013. Similar #'s for 2012) and significantly improved my climbing times as well (12 minutes quicker on the opening hill climb). I even managed to bag a 3rd place on the climbing segment coming out of Samson State Park at mile 75 (cut the time by more than half compared to 2013). While not a race I managed to be the sixth Century rider to cross the line; a mere 45 minutes after Bart (who crossed first in a group of three) and roughly 5-10 minutes after a group of two who i spent a little bit of time with on and off thru out the day. Unfortunately there were some hills I couldn't hang with them on and they slowly rode away with me catching them at my lightening fast water stops. As far as other riders- once past the 13 mile rest stop I only saw two more. Both of whom I had rode past before the 25 mile mark. Tweaks made to this years effort included dropping 35 pounds of body weight, carrying only one full bottle (1 empty in reserve), preriding the opening hill and setting the Cross Check up with an 11-32 cassette (from an 11-28). Also slimmed down the repair kit so it would fit in a jersey pocket and removed the fenders. The cooler and overcast weather was a big help as far as water management but the head wind on the southern leg (east side of Seneca Lake) was a real pain to push into. The goal for next year is to cut the time down to Bart in half again and push higher in the segment standings and claim a first places.