Start: Dr Pepper Ballpark, Frisco (sunrise). Finish: Sundance Square, Fort Worth. Overnight stay at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth. Registration $50. 214-373-1400 or www.ms150.org
Dale Robertson Writes About the Betaseron Team
In today’s Houston Chronicle Cycling Notebook column, Dale Robertson writes about a team that will ride the Houston to Austin MS150 but not leave the Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston. The Betaseron Team will simulate the ride to Austin on stationary bikes.
Team members, lead by Dr. Cynthia Tait, suffer from multiple sclerosis. Dr. Tait came up with the concept in 2002. Read more at the Houston Chronicle link above.
30 Women Ride Through Navasota
According to the Navasota Examiner:
“Thirty women over the age of 50 have embarked on a 3,135-mile bicycle ride across the United States and are stopping to overnight in Navasota on April 8 – 9. They dipped their rear bike wheels in the Pacific Ocean on March 7 in San Diego and expect to finish their trek in St. Augustine, Florida in early May. Â They’ll be supported by Woman Tours, Inc. – the only all-women bicycle touring company in the country.”
Father Rides To Daughter’s Soccer Game
This doesn’t sound like that big of a deal until you read that they live in Wichita Falls and the soccer game was in Fort Worth.
According to the Wichita Falls Times Record News online:
He didn’t do it to save gas.
He didn’t do it to be earth-friendly green.
He didn’t even do it for an April Fool’s Day gag.
When Rider High School parent Joe Castelli decided to ride his bike Tuesday from Wichita Falls to Fort Worth’s Northwest Independent School District Stadium to attend his daughter, Michelle’s, playoff soccer game against Birdville, he thought the effort might be a kooky way to give the team a boost.
Further down in the article Mr. Castelli talks about the Byer Bicycle Bash. This ride is May 17th. Check the event calendar for more information.