Kids in Distress (KID) Inlet Challenge 2009 - Did the century (my first) on this ride. It was in the mid to upper 50s at start time (7AM) Our club was invited by ZMotion to join them at the head of the start line. The ride began by heading west over the 17th st causeway (a nice little climb to start) and going about a mile and then making a U turn and doing the bridge again. This stretched out the pack. We then started heading north on A1A. There was a 6-8 mph head wind. I rode with a group doing 21-23 for the first 34 mi. Avg. 19.4 to here. Stopped at Boynton Beach Inlet. Took a dump, refueled, and sat around waiting for the rest of the group. We got going again after about 15min. The leader wanted to slow the pace to 18-20. Did about 18 miles more up to the turn in site of Blue Heron Bridge. The group again took a long rest stop. I was anxious to go after 5 min. On the way back instead of a nice tail wind we now had a sever cross wind. Stopped at the same rest point as on the way up. Distance now was about 70 mi. Avg spd had dropped to 18.7. I wanted to finish above 19 for the ride if I could. Waited another 15 min or so for the group to get going. I kept pace with the 22 - 24 group to about mile 80 when I got dropped. Ran solo at about 19 -20 for 12 miles and pick up a wheel sucker. When I started fading below 19 at about 92 mi. he offered to pull. We pick up a few more stragglers and kept up the pace for the final push. Pulled into the parking lot with the finish line at 99.7 mi. Made a quick loop before hitting the finish line so the ODO hit 100.0 Felt pretty good, and recovered well. Avg Spd Ride Time 19.04, Avg Spd Elaped time 16.67.