Well, gang, tomorrow morning bright and early marks the start of the
Valero MS 150 Bike to the Beach all-age, all-skill level bicycle ride the 150-miles from San Antonio to Corpus Christi, Texas.
Our very own Justin W. Moore will be participating (#501 riding for Team Velo Valero; if you see him -- give him a shout out!) and I'll be heading down to Corpus Christi with his parents (my inlaws) to welcome him in Corpus when he arrives on Sunday.
Here's a brief reprint from the October 2, 2006, issue of the San Antonio Express-News, with links to additional MS 150 related news. I'll have to ride this with Justin someday, if he's got it in him to ride it again in upcoming years. First, I need a road bike... I'm not riding 150 miles on my mountain bike, trying to keep up with lighter, faster road bikes!
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Originally Posted by Paula Hunt, Express-News staff writer
Don't make too many assumptions about the 3,000 or so people who will head out Saturday morning for the 17th Valero MS 150 Bike to the Beach.
They're not all wiry, tight-shorts-wearing athletic types on $5,000 road bikes breezing along at 25 mph.
While there is a competitive contingent, the two-day ride from San Antonio to Corpus Christi attracts participants of all ages, shapes, sizes and occupations -- not to mention various modes of wheeled transport.
One thing they all have in common is a desire to help raise funds supporting research to find a cure for multiple schlerosis, a chronic disease of the central nervous system that affects an estimated 400,000 Americans.
Here are the stories of some rides (and a skater) who have found a way, a reason and a purpose when it comes to meeting this challenge.
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Justin is still about $65 short of his funding goal (he doesn't have to meet it prior to the start of the ride), so if you would like to support this worthwhile cause by
donating to help him meet his goal it would be appreciated by us as well as the Multiple Schlerosis Society which the ride 100% benefits.