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Multiple Sclerosis Coast the Coast bicycle ride
Hey gang, On May 10th I will be riding my bicycle in the MS 100 CtC fund raiser. My hope is to ride my bicycle 50 miles in 8 hours or less. If I can ride more I will.
My main goal is to raise as much money for MS research as I can and for that I need your help. When you go to my webpage to make a donation directly to MS: https://events.nationalmssociety.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=686495 you'll see that I've set a collection goal of $1000. I would like to go as far over that as I can. No donation is too small and any amount will help. Of course I'll let you all know I do. Please help? Thank you all for your attention to this. gratefully, Flatbutt
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Thank you anonymous!
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If you ride too far, you might have to change your nickname to bubblebutt.
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Back in the saddle again
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 Thank you Steve!! Pelicans are stepping up! Thanks guys!!
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Another anonymous donation...thank you!
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So what is that, like half a tank of gas on the big blue trike? That works out though, so you can get home without stopping
Grand seems like a kind of a lot for beer though
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I'll send my donation when your last name is capitalized
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04-17-2025, 12:27 PM
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Thanks guys!
I hit my 2nd training mark of 25 miles today. Kinda wishing I had my own masseuse. Next up 30 miles by the end of next week.
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Yeah, bump!
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Good luck with your training and the ride. I’ve done the MS150 ride from Houston several times as has Red-beard. When they stopped going to Austin, I quit doing it. They’ve added a second direction ride starting from Austin so I started doing the ride again last year and will do it again next week.
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Can you find a training partner? Someone who's also going to do the ride and youy can share the accomplishment with?
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There are several good riding clubs around me which really helps. I'm not as active with my club as I should be and really tend to only do group rides as a big ride like the MS150 is coming up. Our club's weekend rides split into around 5 groups based on speed and I'm not interested in riding with any group but the fastest or second fastest so I don't ride with them unless I'm in shape. I finally road with them last weekend and remembered how fun it is. And it's really not that hard a ride because you're drafting in the group for the majority of the ride.
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another bump...
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All done and I completed the 50 miles in approx 6 hours including breaks. The wind as usual was in our faces in BOTH directions. Get this...at the last 15 miles or so I pulled up to eat and drink just to make sure I didn't bonk. I checked the bike and all was good. I really struggled those last few miles. When I got to the finish I found that my front tire was flat! Who knows how far I pushed that plow.
 Thank you to those who helped me raise $1200 for research. 
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