I am only 3 weeks away from the MS 150. I’ve been going on long rides every weekend and the same continues right up until the event. Last week was the Tour de Houston which was a pretty fun ride, going through part of downtown, the Heights area, around Rice University, down through the Medical Center area and back again. It really was a tour of Houston at 15-20 mph. The route was 70 miles and the first 50 felt like nothing, but just after 60 I started to wear down. Today I had a ride in the Missouri City area and I was going to do the 80 mile route but the weather changed my mind. Temperatures were in the lower 40’s to start with and the wind was blowing up to 20 mph with gusts over 25. Wearing 5 shirts and 2 pairs of shorts didn’t help much so 25 miles in, the route split between the 80 mile and the 53 mile, I chose the latter. From there on out it was into a very strong headwind.

Also this week Brianne decided to join me in the LIVESTRONG Challenge in October of this year in Austin. She is signed up for the 5K Run/Walk and I participate in it also, in addition to the 65 mile bike ride which is the next day. So we will be fundraising together later this year!