It has been more than a month since this ride and I am really late posting about it.

On Saturday (Sept 25) was this year’s Seacoast century ride. I have been wanting to go for this ride for many years and glad that it finally worked out this year. The route for this century is very attractive as a lot of it goes along this beautiful coastline. It started at Hampton Beach state park in New Hampshire, went into Massachusetts for a loop, back to NH and stayed along the coastline to go into Maine and ended back where it started at Hampton Beach state park.

New Hampshire has a short coastline of about 15 miles and it completely developed to extract as much commercial worth as possible. Even with these commercialized beach towns and big mansions and estates, the coastline is very scenic. Also, end of season meant no crowds. Sun was rising as we started the ride. It started out as a cool and cloudy day - perfect for a long bike ride.

We went over Piscataqua river to cross over into Maine. Have crossed this river on the I-95 bridge many times but, it was a different bridge this time. Could spot the familiar I-95 bridge in the back beyond the railway bridge.

Nubble point lighthouse in York, ME was the 50 mile rest stop. The route left the coastline and went over some inland hills before coming back to the coastline.

The ride organizers smartly put a rest stop that could be accessed at 40 and 70 miles in the ride. It worked out well for them to manage only one location. The second half of the ride was sunny and hot but still not uncomfortable. Surprisingly, I was able to maintain almost 17 mph pace for the whole ride. Overall, it was a fun ride and I’ll try to put it on my riding calendar again in the future.

Here is a link to the ride on Strava.