What a great day to ride Saguaro Lake! We started as usual at the Safeway in Fountain Hills. There were 5 of us doing the 200k and 2 doing the 100k ( Mike S did the 100). Jhune joined us from West Valley Cycles, for his first RUSA event! He was trying to do the 200k. Paul F was back in the valley so Paul, Jhune, and I rode together. We set a fast pace for the first 100k loop as we finished just over 4 hours! I was amazed how well we did and how Jhune hung in. When back in Fountain Hills, we went into Subway. After Subway we went back to our cars and at that point Jhune said his feet were hurting so he opted to DNF. Paul and I pushed on for the 2nd 100k. That of course was a bit slower. As we finished our descent of 9 mile hill and turned toward Rio Verde, I noticed my tire was flat. I actually think it was a slow leak as I had signs of how the bike moved funny whenever I crossed the white line. Paul and I talked briefly, and we opted to just use my electric pump to pump it up to see if I could make the last 10 miles to the finish. I did make it but as I pulled into the parking lot by the van, the tire was very mushy! Great day to ride as Paul pulled most of the way. He was very strong.