Spring Breakaway

This past Sunday I rode in the Sun & Ski Sports Spring Breakaway. This is 28 or 44 mile training ride for the MS150.

This was my first organized ride this year and I am happy to say that it went very well. I decided to do the 44 mile route that started and ended at the Sun & Ski at Katy Mills Mall. It was a great day for cycling and although it was a little chilly at the 8:00am start it warmed up very quickly. By 9:00am I was sweating and by the time I finished a little before noon I had a little sun burn.

I had no big problems on this ride and that is a miracle considering all of the trouble I had last year with muscle spasms in my back. Luckily, Linda introduced me to my new friend Naproxen-sodium. Two of those bad boys and I barely felt a twinge. The other miracle is that I did this ride with new shoes and pedals. I received the shoes in the mail on Saturday and spent all of 5 minutes trying them out. These pedals are wonderful and the shoes make a lot of difference. The only problem I had was that I forgot to adjust my seat up an inch or two to make up for the extra height of the shoes and cleats.

I took some pictures with my new digital camera but I forgot to take one of the start. Here are pictures of each rest stop which were spaced out about every 10 miles. These are fairly large (400k - 500k) and will open in a new window.

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