I woke up super early this morning, after not getting much sleep, and headed up north to go ride in Montgomery, Tx, which is about 45 minutes from The Woodlands, with my mom and dad. We met up with a couple of other guys from the Team Pate
MS150 team.
The MS150 is an annual bike ride that is going to take place on April 18th and 19th. It is a charity ride raising money for research for the life threatening disease Multiple Sclerosis. This will be my ninth year taking part in this ride and for those of ya'll that want to make a donation on my behalf please
click here.
We started the ride with intentions of doing between 60-70 miles, and we were going to play the weather by ear, since no one wants to be stuck out in the 40 degree weather in the rain. We rode along and it looked like this the whole ride...

But don't get me wrong because this is my second favorite type of weather to ride in besides sunny, clear, and in the 90's.
We got to the turning point 20 miles in and my dad checked the radar and it seemed as though it was going to be a down pour with lightning, so we just continued the short loop back in and got a total of 40 miles in for the day. Since I was getting my ride cut short I decided to ramp up the pace in the state park and go as hard as I could. The rolling hills and roads out there are by far the best that Houston has to offer, but definitely incomparable to those of Austin.

Later on I went running with my long time friend Colby, and did a few miles at my high school track.
Hopefully the weather clears up so that we can take the boat out tomorrow...