The MS150 - First Entry!

My First Entry...hmmm. That phrase has two meanings in this case. On one hand, it represents that this is my first real blog entry about ANYTHING! On the other hand it also signifies my first entry into a bike race....ever! I'm going to ride the MS150 next spring. The MS150 is a fundraiser/bike ride (not actually a race really) from the Houston area to Austin to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Its approximately 150 miles broken up into two days of riding. I think that there are 3 different bike rides/fundraisers in Texas that go by the name "MS150". One is, of course, the ride from Houston to Austin. Another is from Frisco, TX to Dallas, and the third is from Corpus Christi to San Antonio. There may be others throughout the country, but I'll leave that as "exercise for the reader", as they used to say in all of my college textbooks!

I've been riding my old, inefficient mountain bike (I bought it nearly 14 years ago while in college at Texas Tech) now for about 2 weeks just to see if I actually had a reasonable chance to finish the event. I've been riding atleast a mile or two each night since then.....and the verdict is in...I think I can...I think I can...I think I can! My old decrepit knees seem to be much much more friendly toward biking than I expected.....running, jogging, playing basketball....not so much. But biking...yeh, I think this can work! I've pedaled approximately 32 miles during the past two week already! This weekend (11/09/08), I'm planning on a 12-15 mile ride Sunday morning! wish me luck!