Why am I doing this?

When I met Pete, he was already a cyclists and had completed multiple Bike MS events. By his side, I have become an active participant in the various MS Society events around San Antonio. It's not just to support him and be by his side though. It's personal for me. I have a co-worker who has MS. He keeps it very quiet, but I've learned some of the signs. I've learned how to work with him, travel with him, and socialize with him without allowing the effects of MS to slow him down. Most importantly, I've learned how to support him in ways that does not "handicap" him. It's for him and the other suffering in silence, or out in the open, from MS that I ride.

By making this committment, I am holding myself to goal to train for the next eight months and to make this ride. My goal is to ride the entire 160 miles, but I recognize that other factors may stop me from achieving this goal, just as MS stops people from moving.

I am committing to the training and hard work.
I am committing to the ride.
I am committing to raising funds for MS.

Beyond that, it is out of my hands.

Goals
Today's Miles: 0
Total Miles Achieved: 0
Financial Investment: $0
Total Weight Loss: 0

What did I get myself into?

I don't really know how it happened, but somehow, somewhere, I've begun committing to myself, to Pete, and to my friends that I will be pedaling a bicycle the 160 miles from San Antonio to Corpus Christi in the Bike MS event the weekend of October 4-5, 2008.

Because of how I like to see a progression, I decided a separate blog to track the training and my progress was appropriate. I have a number of goals to achieve between now and October. My plan (at least for now) is to track the progress of these at the bottom of each post.

Goals:
Today's Miles: 0
Total Miles Achieved: 0
Financial Investment: $0
Total Weight Loss: 0

We all have to start somewhere!