Why the MS 150

I am really thinking about this ride and why I do it. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a nervous system disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. Helping find new treatments and advances in research by raising money on a bike is how I want to do it. I think that everyone should have a cause that they are passionate about. This is my cause. Please support me as I ride this year to help those that have MS.

Why I Ride: I've registered for the MS Bike Tour because I want to do something for the people who have been diagnosed - and because I want to do everything to prevent more people from learning what it means to live with this disease. Today, there is no cure for multiple sclerosis, and with diagnosis occurring most frequently between the ages of 20 and 50, many individuals face a lifetime filled with unpredictability.

Why You Should Sponsor Me: The National Multiple Sclerosis Society will use funds collected from the MS Bike Tour to not only support research for a cure tomorrow, but also to provide programs which address the needs of people living with MS today. Because we can fight this disease by simply riding a bike, because we have chosen to help thousands of people through a contribution to the MS Bike Tour, we are now getting closer to the hour when no one will have to hear the words, "You have MS."

I have blogged about the past two years of riding in the MS150.

2008 Ride

• Part 1 (Day 1)
  
• Part 2 (Day 1)
  
• Part 3 (Day 2)
• Part 4 (Day 2)

2009 Ride

• Day 1
• Day 2

Here is a link if you would like to donate any amount to help with this cause. Thank you for your support.

Random

Registered for the Warm Lake 3 Summit Challenge scheduled for the end of July. 60 miles of some very intense elevation changes. Looks like a very good ride to get me prepared for the MS150 that is at the end of August. I am really looking forward to all of the riding that I will be doing.

Finally took the Vandal Bike in to Paradise Creek Bicycles to get it looked at. Everyone in there thought the bike looked really cool. Very nice place to get all of your cycling needs taken care of. I can't wait to be able to get it out on the roads and trails to see what it can do.