Kevin Writes About the Sam’s MS150

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Blogger Kevin (?) writes about his weekend ride in the Sam’s MS150 trip from Frisco to Fort Worth in his blog.

His blog post “Bonking across Texas” recounts:

This weekend I rode in the Sam’s Club MS-150, a two day, 157 mile ride from Frisco to Fort Worth.  This was the third of three big Spring events I had planned (here’s #1 and here’s #2).  Last year Team ThinkCash fielded 7 riders for this event.  This year, only 4 of us returned – me, Stephen, BenC, and Kyle – plus one new rider, Anthony.

Here’s how things unfolded:…

Frisco residents pedal toward MS cure

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from Star Community Newspapers (link to full article)

By Ann Marie Shambaugh, Staff Writer

Frisco resident Derek Smith said he was scared when he learned as a teen-ager that his father had multiple sclerosis. Smith and his family knew little about the disease that afflicted an otherwise healthy and fit man.

Over the past 18 years he has watched the disease of the central nervous system take its toll on his father.

“Since [1990] we’ve learned quite a bit about it,” he said. “We spent a couple years trying to figure out what it meant, because it didn’t seem like he was that different, but over two decades now it’s to the point where he is wheelchair-bound and unable to work the same way he did before.”

Report on Capital Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Summit

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from www.news8austin.com

In a city that admires recycling as much as cycling, there’s still a chasm between cars and bikes when it comes to usage.

How to shift from a car culture to a more pronounced bike culture was the theme at the Capital Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Summit at the University of Texas on Saturday.

The event was intended to promote improvements in bicycle and pedestrian transportation in the region by sharing ideas and creating a dialogue.

Division III Texas Cup – Sugar Land, TX

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from The Houston Chronicle Cycling Notebook May 1, 2008. By Dale Robertson

Houston fireman Jason Danvir, who races for the Sugar Cycles team, is promoting his inaugural Division III Texas Cup event, which is Sunday morning on the Sugar Land Town Square.

The featured 90-minute open event starts at 10:30 a.m., with $1,200 in prize money being split among the top 15 finishers. Smaller purses are also available in the Cat 4/5 race ($200) at 7 a.m., the Cat 3/4 race ($500) at 8:10 and the women’s open ($300) at 9:20 a.m. Juniors and kids races are on the schedule, too. Everything will be wrapped up by noon in time for store openings on the square.

Other items Dale writes about

  • May biking days
  • Alkek Velodrome activities
  • Pro beat