This year Vanessa and I once again started in different locations. She at Rhodes Stadium, and I at Technip with the rest of the FMC team. Saturday started out a little cool but comfortable. I started out riding in a small group of three of us. We rode straight through to rest stop 3. Between rest stop 3 and lunch we got separated. I stopped for lunch then headed out again. After lunch the wind started to get bad. We had to slug our way through a nice head wind most of the way to La Grange. Luckily we had a tail wind for the last 5 miles on Saturday.
I ended up getting into La Grange about 3 minutes behind Vanessa despite riding 16 miles further. After getting my massage and a shower, I started walking around to chat with people I knew.
Sunday morning was cold. When we woke up it was about 46 F. The bad point was it warmed up quickly. By the time I got to the first rest stop I had to take off my jacket. Once again I decided to go through the park. It is a nice route with some rolling hills that make for a fun ride. This year the blessing was that in the park, the wind was not nearly as bad.
After stopping at Whataburger for lunch, I headed out for the last 30 miles of the ride. At one point I got to riding at a comfortable pace and realized I had picked up about 40 riders following me. It seemed like I was passing and as I passed people would join up. At one point I jumped on behind another friend who passed. We rode together for about 5-7 miles. I dropped off when I thought we were close to the next rest stop. Once I got there I saw Vanessa. As I refilled my bottles, Vanessa took off again. I caught her at the last rest stop. There we saw several others from our team and made plans to ride across the line together.
As we approached Austin, I saw a few more FMC riders. We all waited and rode across in a group of about 10 FMC team members.
It was another successful MS150. We are still looking for people to donate to the National MS Society. If you would like to donate, please use the this link. http://ms150.org/edon.cfm?id
