badgercat
09-29-2008, 10:52 PM
Well, this is a ways away yet (March 28-29, 2009), but I'm already registered to do this ride with my boyfriend. His mom was diagnosed with MS a few years ago, and like many of you, I'm sure, I know others who are dealing with this disease and some who have lost the battle far too early in life.
As it stands right now, I don't think either of us (at least, not me!), being relatively new to cycling more than a couple of miles at a stretch, are going to be prepared to do the whole 150-mile, two-day event. They have a few different routes to choose from; my plan as of today is to do 70 miles (35 each day), but we'll see how training goes this winter! :D I know 35 miles a day is a drop in the bucket to many of you seasoned riders, but this is going to be a huge achievement for me.
Obviously this is a personal cause for both me and my boyfriend, and a first charity ride for each of us, to boot! I'm looking forward to getting in better health and raising some money for a worthy cause! The fundraising minimum is $250, but I'm aiming big and going for $500. This has absolutely nothing to do with getting a sweet jersey as a prize. ;P
I had to psych myself up to post the link to my page... something about posting my real name and picture together on a public forum where I was previously "anonymous" gives me the willies, but I suppose if someone was going to steal my identity, this probably wouldn't be a terribly likely avenue... right? :( I at least removed the fundraising 'honor roll' from my page to protect the identities of my donors from being broadcast around the interwebs.
my participant page (http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=5390665&fr_id=9530&pg=personal)
Is anyone else doing this ride? I'd love to hear from you if you are! And if anyone is interested in my journey from being a sedentary, bikes-are-for-transportation-only nerdy grad student to a cycling maven, I can post updates on my training here. :o
ETA: here's the general link to the ride... can't believe I forgot to include this in the first place. Whoops! http://bikeaza.nationalmssociety.org/
As it stands right now, I don't think either of us (at least, not me!), being relatively new to cycling more than a couple of miles at a stretch, are going to be prepared to do the whole 150-mile, two-day event. They have a few different routes to choose from; my plan as of today is to do 70 miles (35 each day), but we'll see how training goes this winter! :D I know 35 miles a day is a drop in the bucket to many of you seasoned riders, but this is going to be a huge achievement for me.
Obviously this is a personal cause for both me and my boyfriend, and a first charity ride for each of us, to boot! I'm looking forward to getting in better health and raising some money for a worthy cause! The fundraising minimum is $250, but I'm aiming big and going for $500. This has absolutely nothing to do with getting a sweet jersey as a prize. ;P
I had to psych myself up to post the link to my page... something about posting my real name and picture together on a public forum where I was previously "anonymous" gives me the willies, but I suppose if someone was going to steal my identity, this probably wouldn't be a terribly likely avenue... right? :( I at least removed the fundraising 'honor roll' from my page to protect the identities of my donors from being broadcast around the interwebs.
my participant page (http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=5390665&fr_id=9530&pg=personal)
Is anyone else doing this ride? I'd love to hear from you if you are! And if anyone is interested in my journey from being a sedentary, bikes-are-for-transportation-only nerdy grad student to a cycling maven, I can post updates on my training here. :o
ETA: here's the general link to the ride... can't believe I forgot to include this in the first place. Whoops! http://bikeaza.nationalmssociety.org/