Thwarted Again

Month: April 2012

  • There and back again


    I’m back home. I did the MS150 this weekend to challenge myself and raise money for the National MS Society which is important to me because of my sister. The wind was atrocious the first day but I managed to complete the 100 miles in spite of that. I didn’t manage to do it very quickly but at least I arrived under my own power. I met Rusty for breakfast this morning at the camp in La Grange and then we set out for Austin. Today was shorter and there was almost no wind so the only thing I was really fighting against was the damage I’d done to myself the day before. Rolling into the finish line is an amazing feeling. I don’t know if I’ll do it again next year but it was definitely worth doing once.

  • Thank you

    I met my self-imposed fundraising goal for the MS150 today. Thank you to everyone who donated.

    The weather is shaping up to be kinda crappy. It’ll be clear but with the wind going the wrong direction which sucks because 100 miles is a long ride into the wind. Oh well. So it goes.

  • wind

    It’s the weekend before the MS and what am I doing? I’m sitting inside working. Why would that be? I should be out riding my bike for training. When I woke up at 7:30 this morning, the wind was howling around the house and when I looked at the weather it said 20-30mph wind gusting to 35mph. The two most painful bicycle experiences I’ve had have been in wind like that and I don’t really feel the need to subject myself to that again. Tomorrow it’s supposed to be about the same except also raining.

    I guess if I’m going to get anything done to prepare for next weekend it’s going to have to be on the rowing machine. I think I’ll be fine for the event though. Especially if the wind is anything like it is today. If I have a 20mph tailwind next weekend it will be a complete piece of cake. If I have a 20mph headwind I’m going to have to draft a car or something because there is no way I’m capable of doing 100 miles into this.

    I am getting some decent work done though and the “Tairora Cherry” is pretty fantastic so at least the day isn’t wasted.