2006 MS150 Houston to Austin

[Aggie_Ama]

TXRider- did ya get lost? Beeville? That would be a wrong turn putting you near Corpus! Definitely a good Top 10 list.

Emily- What a great way to end the weekend!

Did ya'll happen to see the man in the long pants unitards? On day one is was snake print. Day two is was tiger striped. Definitely one of the oddest outfits I have seen.

Did you guys go through the park? I got there earlier this year and it was much safer! What a blast.

[Kyna]

Wow OMG that was sooo much fun! That list is perfect!!

11) your left (or both) hands hurt from shifting too much on those hills!


Crossed the finish line for my first MS-150 on my birthday. Great B-day present, right along with the ziplock bag of advil.


Grats everyone!

BTW anyone else see the unicyclists out there.

[Aggie_Ama]

Congrats on finishing your first MS150. Was it not the most amazing experience?

Unicycle? Goodness, I didn't see that.

My top amusing things I saw:

1. The unitards take the cake.
2. A guy with a hole right in the crack of his shorts. It was about the size of a nickel and you just couldn't take your eyes off it! I kept wondering if it would rip!
3. A cyclist with a curly fro wig (or maybe if was Howard Stern) over his helmet.
4. The guy blowing past everyone in his Discovery Channel time trial suit, TT helmet and Discovery Channel Trek. Everyone went "Did we just get passed by Lance?"
5. The guy with the Arkansas Razorback covering his helmet. How hot must that have been?

[TxRider]

Yeah, I noticed that Beeville should have probably been Bellville but I just did a copy & paste. Or, someone was making a reference to the Bike to the Beach MS150 where the overnight is in Beeville ... not sure which!

I also saw two unicyclists this year & a couple of rollerbladers. The thing that took the cake though were the guys pulling their dogs in trailers! This one guy was pulling what had to be a 80 pound (or more) German Sheppard behind him (& passing me at one point ). Another guy was pulling what looked to be a lab or lab mix. Anyway, both large dogs - I can't imagine towing them up the hills!

There was an article in the Houston Chronicle last week highlighting the oldest & youngest riders. The youngest rider was a 6 year old girl riding with her father & the oldest was a 92 year old man. Both were riding for the first time. Today's paper had a picture showing this man crossing the finish line - what an inspiration!

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...e/3814158.html

[Aggie_Ama]

I saw the German Shepard last year. He was so miserable by the end of both days. It got so hot and you could tell he wasn't happy. He was wimpering in his trailer. I felt sorry for the dog. It was probably the same guy because his owner had legs of steel.

Last year I saw a team of rollerbladers. They were cruising in a paceline outside Austin. They seemed to be taking the hills with no problem.