Bought some Speed Play peddals and new shoes today!

[joyrider]

KSH - any chance you could do the MS150 on the back of a tandem?

[KSH]

KSH - any chance you could do the MS150 on the back of a tandem?

How very sweet of you to offer up your services!!!

[joyrider]

I wouldn't be able to make it to the first rest stop! Well, I might, but then I'd probably climb off the bike and lay down and cry. And then I'd call my mommy and ask her to come get me.
Yeah, I meant for you to ride behind someone big and strong! Someone who'll pretend not to notice your bare feet resting on his lower back for most of the ride!

[KSH]

That's fine... I see how it is JoyRider!


Anyhoo... the race is 3 days away... and I have pretty much come to the realization, that there is no way in hell I can pedal 80+ miles each day, on my gimpy knee.

So, I am going to do the best I can... go as far as I can... going as slow as I can.

Very likely that I will only make it 20 miles... that is when the pain always hits.

When the pain becomes accute then I going to take the slacker van... and go hang out with my friends and family at the overnight stop.

[joyrider]

So how did the ride go?

[KSH]

So how did the ride go?

Well... I paced myself at 10 MPH. VERY SLOW!

I was spinning the whole time... up hills... and coasting whenever I could.

The first day, I made it 45 miles! With NO acute knee pain.

The second day, my knees were a little sore at the start... so I did the first 10 miles and the last 10 miles...

So, I had a grand total of 65 miles... with NO acute knee pain either day.

My butt hurts so bad though... with rest stops and riding so slow... I was on my bike a long time!

Anyhoo... thanks for asking!!!!

[Technotart]

So glad to hear you did so well!!!!! I made day one - but not day 2. Fell in the parking lot right after I'd clipped one foot in first thing off the bat...

I learned a LOT from this ride! And I plan to do the one in October and next year!

Congrats!