MS150

[shane martin1969 188]

Im in training to ride in ms150 this coming April 2013 Houston to Austin. Anybody wanna join me?!?

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Hey Shane. Man I would but I'm going to be hiking the Grand Canyon the week before. But I have ridden that ride 3 times and it's a blast. It's just so crowded now. 13000 riders is too many for me. The last couple of years we started riding the Valero MS150 that goes from San Antonio to New Braunsfels and back. I think they usually have about 3500 riders, and the route is great because you begin and end in the same place. We didn't do it this year but we are doing next year for sure.

Best of luck and enjoy the ride.

[shane martin1969 188]

Thanks, I just started riding, so hopefully with training schedule I will do just fine! When I complete it ,, boy what a journey in a year! This past April I was 315 & just starting my journey with wls surgery. (August 1was surgery date) so in April I should be around 200lbs and able to ride 150 miles on a bike. Wow God has really been good to me.

[Butterthebean 8,146]

You will love it.

One tip....go find some hills to ride. Where I live is flat as a pancake. I have to drive an hour to find good hills. It's worth it to train on though because at least 100 of those miles will be hilly. We sometimes went to a parking garage in the medical center on the weekends and rode up and down it as many times as we could stand it.

[tommyd 125]

Shane I did this ride two years ago. It is a great ride. You definitely need to do some hill work for when you get close to Austin. I won't be able to do it this year. Good luck and enjoy..