Well, 5 months of training and the MS 150 was almost for naught. 11" of rain at the fair grounds in La Grange and terrible rain on Saturday forced the powers that be to cancel the first day. Jessie and I were a little disappointed. However, we made the most of it. Spent a lazy day at Brenham watching movies. Johnny's father-in-law Jerry, brough Johnny and Karl out to the house. We all carbo loaded on FABULOUS spaghetti (made by Sally) and wine. Had a lovely dinner topped off with brownies, ice cream and coffee. Sunday morning we were up at 4:00. I cooked pancakes and then our support team (Sally) took us to our start point. It was an absolutely wonderful ride from La Grange to Buecher State park. Even the park was not too bad. Jessie did get something in her eye so that made her park a little less enjoyable. Rode to lunch in Bastrop. Nice lunch. Then we got on our bikes and headed back out. OMG!!!! The body did not want to ride after lunch and then to make things a little more fun, God kicked up a 15 mph head wind. The next 16 miles were miserable. When we stopped at the next to the last Break Point, we felt good again. Rode past the final break point and straight into Austin. We were never so happy to finish something in our entire lives!!!! Glad we did it, but both of us agreed that we did not love it by any means. Chris and Alley and Whitney were waiting with Sally at the finish line. That part was really fun. After the race, Whitney took us to a Mexican food place close to her house. We had a lovely visit and really enjoyed our time with her.
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