It’s Thursday and I’m not sore anymore. This past weekend was the MS150 and I still have to meet my pledge goal of $400. I’m very close thanks to the generous donations by my colleagues, friends, family, and my favorite establishment. The ride was hard. I’ve had an easier time in previous years, thanks to the pedicabbing. But this year there was no training and I could tell. Saturday it was hot but were at 22mph for quite a while during the morning. Later in the afternoon the sun started burning me up and it left me dehydrated that night. I wasn’t very hungry but forced myself to eat half my veggie burger and beans and a few buttered noodles, which are usually my favorite part. I didn’t see the movie, Breaking Away, that played in the ampitheater but I listened to the first two acts while I drifted off to sleep in my tent. Sunday I was considering skipping the challenge route throught the Buescher State Park, thinking I could decide 20 or 30 miles down the road, but I had to make that decision at the starting gate this year since they changed the paths. So I decided to tough it out and do the park. It was hard but beautiful and shady because of all the trees. The uphills were extremely steep but the downhills made it worth it. I rolled through the finish line in Austin tired but still enough energy to spray my water bottle across the finish line. Just hit the link in the previous entry to make a donation. There is still time and it’s for a good cause. I had a great time regardless of all the pain and discomfort. I still considered myself lucky to have the ability to do it and that’s what helped me the most this year.