Things went so well, dare I say it was almost like a little vacation? Ha! Ok we did have to sleep on mats on the ground with big ass Austin spiders (no lie one was on my sleeping bag the second I got in it, then one was in Paul's!) Oh well, this year we rode with Team Wells Fargo, the nicest bunch of people! For $65 each, we got jerseys ($70 value alone), all food, luggage transport, sweet team start, and sleep in a big tent and free massage! So great! Not a single muscle cramp this year, and I even powered up those hills as if they were nothing. I remember a few previous years when those we too tough! This being our 6th year there was only one previous year we'd made such good time without pain. We must have done good training then too :) The MS150 is much more fun when you've trained AND the weather cooperates. We had a tail wind today! And yes, lots of hills.
So this mama fought off some little invader right before the ride and kept it down. My respiratory system is a little tight but fine otherwise. Now back to Houston in time for a plane to Kennedy Space Center tomorrow, where I will give a little briefing to about 250 Space agency big wigs, returning on wednesday night after a couple more meetings. On Thursday I have some interview about technology on the space station. Friday Anna's off school and the family starts rolling in for the big Easter weekend crawfish boil (our 9th annual). Anna's also off Monday and on the following Tuesday or Wed I go back out to Kennedy for press interviews, a speech at the NASA Tweetup, and the STS-134 launch.
I am going to need a vacation when April is over.
By the way, thanks to those of you who donated to ms and Paul for the MS150 ride! 83 cents of every dollar you gave goes straight towards MS research and the cause. So the MS society does an awful lot to accommodate 13,000 riders yearly for 17 cents and sponsorship. Nice!!!
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