Team Skinner Nurseries!

The MS150 was an absolute blast. So much comraderie all weekend. There were around 13,000 cyclists riding and probably just as many people supporting the riders. We started our MS150 adventure on Friday night. Andrea, Brad and Mike came into College Station for dinner and a night's rest before leaving early for Houston on Saturday morning. Alejandro, Chad and Preston came over to celebrate with us. Alejandro actually cooked our pasta dinner for us and Preston brought over a cake. Needless to say it was outstanding start to the weekend festivities. Mike drove Andrea, Brad and I to Houston at about 4AM on Saturday morning. We were at the stadium ready to go at 5:45AM and cycling by 6:45AM. It was a cold start, but it warmed up to be a perfect day. We had a serious head wind on the first day. It made the quads burn just a little bit more on the hills, and there were plenty of hills. Beautiful route. We got to lunch at about 11AM I think. We started feeling the pain real bad at the last break point. It took a lot of energy to get back on the bike and finish our 84 mile first day. We cruised into the overnight campgrounds at about 4PM and were in bed by 8PM. No joke. It was a great first day for Team Skinner Nurseries. Skinner sponsored a boy scout troup to ride on the team. It was fun to ride with them. And scout parents were abound all weekend as a result so we were never under-prepared. Day two was just as beautiful with less wind, which was nice. Enough talk though. Just check out the photographs. They tell the story better. Thank you to everyone who supported my ride. The MS150 is slated to bring in 14 million dollars for the National MS Society! Until next year...