Roughly speaking, I started at 5AM and finished at 10PM. I rode solo all day, except for part of a mile early on when I sat on the wheel of a long train of fast riders before daylight (before the green bridge). This is an exceptional route, and I would consider it one of the two most scenic on in the CTC series, together with Eastern Sierra. (Thus, it supplants the Central Coast Double, which heads north on CA-1 for about 42 miles to Nacimiento from Cambria. This keeps to the ocean side of the road for about 52 miles from Carmel to Nacimiento. I still do not have "climbing fitness", and so I was conservative in the level of my effort on much of this course, and I had a ton of stopped time, both at the rest stops, and more stopped time taking pictures. Garmin showed 198.4 miles; I removed the speed sensor data to correct the distance. About 1 hr 37 min at rest stops; About 35 min. chewed up by stopping to take pictures; and- About 25 more minutes of misc. stopped time not otherwise accounted for. (Presumably traffic stops, "convenience" stops, stops to check on another rider, etc.) Rest stops: 01:43 RS#1 (had to check in, so grabbed some calories) 09:30 RS#2 (Cahoon Summit; calories, fluids and port-a-potty) 25:18 RS#3 (Carmel Valley; waited to buy 2 tubes, calories, fluids and rest room) 47:14 Big Sur Taproom (very good food, and 1 pt. of local IPA was awesome! LOL) 09:27 Lucia water stop (that long? wow...) 03:47 Summit water stop atop Nacimiento (water, cookies, & went back for water bottle) ----- 1:36:59 stopped at rest stops ================= Stopped time for pictures: 1:17:36 Carmel Valley to Lucia 47:14 minus time at Lunch -------- 30:22 misc. stopped time between Carmel Valley & Lucia 01:02 on bridge for sunrise 00:53 Trump supporters growing hops 02:39 Waited at start of Nacimiento climb to give calcium tabs to Ironman guy (1st DC) [02:51 between Lucia and Nacimiento summit; incl. 11 secs stopped to check on rider] ----- 34:56