• the good: 和上次一样，还是沿途热情的居民。下午的时候接近100度高温，大太阳，都要烤化了。路边有人把院子里的水管拉出来给大家浇水，一下就凉快下来了。一路经常有观众给助威。
• the bad: 自然是203迈的地方爆胎。我怀疑我是离终点线最近的爆胎的了
• the excitement: 照例还是最后30迈，知道自己没问题了，天气也凉下来了，喝足了水吃足了东西就开始冲刺了，这段比去年快了15分钟，只用了1:30
• the joy: 冲到终点线的那一刻还是很激动人心的。这是我的第一个double century。而且是home coming回到oregon。Portland是我熟悉的城市，我对Oregon有很强烈的emotional attachment。 
• the challenge: 120迈到170迈之间小腿几度要抽筋，主要是脱水太厉害了，无机盐补充不够早。150-175之间死撑的很厉害，一口一口的计算着喝水，每过一个milepost都要在脑子里做math，每个小坡都觉得那么陡，身边的人刷刷的超过去，让我很绝望。

Pain is temporary, bragging right is forever!

And here are some stats:

I started at 5:10am and arrived at the finishline at 6:15pm. I got a flat tire right before Broadway Bridge, which is about 2 mile from the finish line (do I get worst luck award?) and that cost me 20-30 minutes. My bike computer logged 205 miles and average speed was 17.6MPH, pedaling time 11:35. I was not fast, but I didn’t stop much and I tried to keep the stops short. I’m an endurance type rather than sprinting type. My cruising speed on flat was mostly around 20-22mph. Tried to follow some 24-25 pace lines and gave up.

Here are all the stops I took:

Seward park (mile 11) for the restroom. Few minutes
Spannaway (mile 55) for breakfast. 20 minutes
Centralia (mile 102) for lunch. 30 minutes
Winlock (mile 121) for water. 2 minutes
Castle Rock (mile 137) for water and restroom. Few minutes
St Helens (mile 175) for snack and restroom. 15 minutes

If you are like me who rides slowly but can go a long way, here are my suggestions to keep the stops short:

• If you only need water and restroom, do not stop at big stops. They are more crowded.
• When you stop at food stops, schedule your activities this way: drink, fill water bottle, grab food, go to the restroom and wait in the line while you are eating and stretching, get on the bike and take off.
• Start early to avoid the crowd.