Fat Kid, 2.0

Well - I was thinking today about something: This blog is called "Biking with the Fat Kid," and I rarely talk about biking, riding, anything of the sort. I spend plenty of time doing a lot of other stuff on here, but biking - rarely mention it. Seems kind of funny, huh? I think it's about time I made a change in that department. I mean, WHY NOT? What have I got to lose, but that maybe a few people who previously didn't "get" this crazy obsession I have with riding might be left without thinking I'm crazy...well, without thinking I'm crazy for liking a sport that otherwise might be called "spandex-clad clowns on bikes."

To that end, I went and did something crazy: I joined up with a team to ride in the local version of the MS 150: The Escape to the Lake. Basically, as a way to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research, the National MS Society organizes rides throughout the country. The distance: 150 miles over two days in June. I have a month to get ready to ride this beast.

Right about now, all my cycling friends reading this are saying: "Dude, so it's 75 miles a day. So what?" Well, to all of you racers and friends, I say this: the longest distance I've ever done in a day is 50 miles. And then I think I took the next week off. Yeah, there's a reason I don't race with you, and usually ride alone. It's because I'm slow at this sport I love. But I love it, and I want to be better at it. Clearly, unless I can come up with a good reason to get better at it, I doubt that my schedule of "eh, I feel like riding today/don't feel like riding today" is going to get me very far.

So now I have a month to get ready for this event. There are three things that I need to do:
1) get in shape, particularly for riding hills.
2) raise a minimum of $250.00 - But hey, why stop there??? Besides, I've already had my first donation, thanks to a good friend who wishes to be anonymous (or I'd give the person credit).
3) BLOG about this new and crazy journey, where it takes me, and what happens along the way.

So today, I came home from work and spent an hour on the bike, killing myself on the local hills around the house. My legs are almost recovered to the point where they are in no more pain, now, and I am plenty rehydrated. See, as I stink on hills in particular, I figure that I better figure out how to ride them, lest I become embarrased on this ride. So, I will embarrass myself NOW, rather than when it counts. HUZZAH! I can't and won't guarantee that I will blog every day, ut hey, if I put it out there in the open, sometimes it works a lot better for motivation for me.

Besides that....I need your donations!!!!!!!! Seriously, kids, it doesn't take much - $10. If all my facebook friends donated $10, I would have almost $5,000 to donate to this cause. all you have to do is follow this link: https://secure3.convio.net/nmss/site/Donation2?idb=1441522407&df_id=33122&FR_ID=15151&PROXY_ID=9772313&PROXY_TYPE=20&33122.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr004=tdk0ol3201.app323b and you, too, can help find a cure for MS.

Thanks for reading,
The Fat Kid