Thursday July 9th ride

I got a little carried away and did 49.67 miles. Actually started from my house at the top of Old Grove Road and College instead of the bike path at College. This was a major step and hurdle for me as it throws new challenges like elevation gains that I have not done at my current weight and age. 20 years ago it would have been a challenge. I completed a 50 mile bike ride and the elevation gain at the very end of the ride. Sky is the limit! Let's go kick some MS ass!

Ride schedule changed

I did not end up going for a ride yesterday as planned. Martha had a meeting, so a little rearranging of the schedule here is in order.
Planned ride this evening - goal 30-40 miles and Saturday morning 45-60 miles. This weeks anticipated miles 120 - 145 miles combined with the 45 miles I did earlier in the week. Both rides today and Saturday will be "the bike path" from College to the coast and ride south no further than Del Mar train depot.
For longer rides, I'll push futher to the top of Torrey Pines and then to La Jolla and back, but for now these rides are what I am to expect as far as elevation changes on the MS ride.
If there are any riders in North County that follow here that would like to join me in a ride, please let me know.

Bay to Bay Bike to fight Multiple Sclerosis

Did I mention that I was doing this ride for charity???
If you can support my efforts to support the National MS Society please see my site here: http://www.biketofinishms.com/mikebike

7/6/09 - Rode 5:30-8:30 45 miles to Charlie's by the Sea in Cardiff from bike path at College. Average ride speed 17.5mph

Next planned ride 7/8/09 and 7/10/09 to make up for lost riding time during first week of July.

The training schedule has been rolled out from the first week of July 2009 to the first week of October. The Bike to Finish MS is schduled for October 10th and 11th. Relatively flat, coastal ride of 150 miles. There won't be one single day that I anticipate riding a century ride to prepare for this ride due to time and the lack of a support team or someone that can commit to the same 100 miles in a given day.
The planned training includes 75 miles, on average, per week in the months of July and August. September, I will bump this up to 120 miles per week to get acclimated to longer rides and pacing myself instead of going all out on typical bike rides. I also plan on taking the last 7 days leading up to the ride off as a "recovery period". Nothing does a body good like rest.

I'm confident that this ride will be a successful one for personal reasons as well as for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society from bikers like myself, "virtual riders" and support from friends and family that have supported all of the pieces to this puzzle. I'm also confident that with the collective support such as this our children and their children will only about Multiple Sclerosis by reading about it in a text book and never have to experience a loved one with MS or afflicted themselves with this debilitating desease.