This fall I am raising money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society by participating in the BikeMS 150 – a one-hundred and fifty mile bike ride which raises money to support MS research, programs and services dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals affected by MS.
I’m asking you for a small donation to help support the cause. If you’d like to know more about where your money will go, you can find out more here. Any amount you can give will help.
My donation link is here: give to support Kevin and Team Microsoft.
Many thanks, in advance!
Kevin
It’s 200+ miles from Seattle to Portland by bike. It’s fun. It’s kinda insane. And I definitely want to do it again. The Cascade Bicycle Club does a great job putting on this event – particularly considering the 10,000+ riders participating. It went really well, and had a great time riding with my Windows crew.
It was a challenge to keep up with my group on several of the stretches (particularly the up hills!), but I was impressed with how fast we could get going as a group drafting off of one another. We had splits where we averaged 17.7 MPH across spans of 2 hours!
We split our ride into two days, stopping at Castle Rock at the end of Day 1:
Day 1 – 135+ miles, about 8 hours in the saddle (16.1 MPH Average)
Day 1 GPS Tracks Here
Day 2 - 65+ miles, about 4 hours in the saddle (16.9 MPH Average)
Day 2 GPS Tracks Here
Given those numbers, I’m tempted to try to do the whole 200 mi in one day next year. I think if we keep our stops to a minimum (we stopped for a total of 4 hours on the first day) we could make it happen.
I am super excited about my brand new 2009 Kona Sutra. I took my first ride on it last week to work and back, with a detour up to Naked City Brewery/Taphouse for Alex’s surprise birthday party. But today Andy and I took our bikes out for their first _real_ ride. The picture above is over looking Mt. Rainier from the I-90 bridge.
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