Riding in the MS 150

I just finished my first MS150 from San Antonio to Corpus Christi this weekend and absolutely loved it! I really enjoyed challenging my body and riding across the beautiful state of Texas. Here are some of my observations from the weekend:

• Riding 150 miles on a bike is hard but not that hard! The hardest problem that I faced was that my ass hurt a lot throughout the weekend. I guess sitting on a small seat for 150 miles will do that to the ass. My legs never really hurt too much. I never felt like I could not get through a stretch because my legs were hurting too much. I play in basketball tournaments and my body is more tired after those than the MS150. But then again, I was riding about 13mph. Most of the hardcore bikers were going about 20-25mph.
  
• The best part of the ride was going through small Texas towns and stopping to talk with people. For example, I stopped at a Wal-Mart in some small town and talked football with a guy who has two sons on the high school football team. Football really is the only thing these folks have in terms of sports teams. It felt as if I were living out a Friday Night Lights episode.
  
• Some bikers take this sport too seriously. Most of the riders were part of some sort of team. These bikers ride 60 miles on Sunday mornings and enjoy it. They all wore matching bike shirts and looked goofy. Whenever these tools would pass us, they would get mad at Team Hoffman (Ken and me) for going to slow and taking up road space. They need to understand, its not a race! The only race we are part of is trying to find the cure for MS.
  
• Rest stops are a bikers best friend! I looked forward to rest stops because you get free Powerade and power bars. God bless Powerade.
  
• I was Mr. 3000! My riding number was 3,000! I was a legend out there.
  
• Crossing the finishing line is the best part of the race. The people of Corpus lined up the finishing line and cheered us on. It was a good feeling being cheered on after a grueling bike ride.
  

the finish line