"Bike to Jack and Back" benefiting The National MS Society

On October 1 and 2 I will be participating in the Bike to Jack and Back supporting the National MS Society. It is a bike ride from Franklin to Lynchburg and back. My goal is to raise $1,000. I need to raise $300 to participate. Follow the links below to donate on my behalf. If you have any questions you can message me through facebook or leave a comment on the blog. Thanks in advance for your support.

Best regards,

William

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Every hour of every day, someone is diagnosed with MS. That's why I registered for the MS Bike Ride, and why I'm asking you to support my fund raising efforts with a tax-deductible donation.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a community of individuals who are committed to achieving a world free of MS. It's faster and easier than ever to support this cause that's so important to me. Simply click on the link at the bottom of this message. If you prefer, you can send your contribution to the address listed below. Please be sure to include my name with your donation.

National MS Society

214 Overlook Cir Ste. 153

Brentwood, TN 37027

Any amount, great or small, helps to make a difference in the lives of people with MS. I appreciate your support and look forward to letting you know how I do.

P.S. If you would like more information about the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, how proceeds from the MS Bike Ride are used, or the other ways you can get involved in the fight against MS, please visit nationalmssociety.org

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Running might be done!!!

I think I have put running on the back burner. At 329 pounds running was killing my knees, back, and ankles. Well let’s just say my entire lower half. So, I wanted to switch over to road biking. I figured it would be easier on my knees and more enjoyable. So, I went to Mike and asked to borrow his dad’s road bike, since we are both larger men his road bike would be a good option to see if I even like this new activity. I thought I would get a road bike, ride some, train for the next years “Bike to Jack and Back” event and everything would be good. Well, plans were slightly changed and there was this little saying that” there is no time like the present”. It’s not my quote, I don’t even like the quote, but some crazy person thought it was a good think to say it. So, I decided to register for the “Back to Jack and Back”. It took a lot of coaxing from Mike, but I decided that “there was no time like the present”.  I really was apprehensive about the whole biking 155/175 miles in 3 months. As I write this I am still apprehensive, but I am a little more optimistic after a training ride or two. I don’t know how the heck I am going to do this, but I am going to try my best to complete the ride.

The first day I got on the bike the not even a 20 feet down the road the back tire blow out. As I walked the bike back to Mike’s house I was totally freaking out. I am thinking crap I am to heavy for a road bike. Well there goes that idea. Once, I get back to Mike he tells me not to get discouraged, and he figured it would happen due to the tire having a bulge in the wall already. I pick of some tubes from DSG and a tire from Wal-Mart. The tubes were fine, but the tire from Wal-Mart would not go on the rim correctly. After several attempts to put the tire on the rim we decided to take the defect tire back to Wal-Mart and hit Cumberland Transit since I had a gift card. Once we picked up a proper tire and got it on the bike. We started training. The 1st ride was not too bad. I think it was 10 miles, 2^nd ride was 9. Then turning the week I put in 2 days of 7 miles and 1 day of 5 miles. Then Saturday August 6 we did 18.5 miles. Not a bad start for two weeks into training. During the ride Saturday I had issues with shifting the gears and then at mile ten I bent my rim. After bending the rim it was all downhill from there, it just felt like I could not do anything right. Shift, brake, pedal, everything just felt difficult. I was just pissed off the last 8 miles of this ride, but we pushed though and made it back to the house. Even though it was not a great ride, I was still glad I was able to do it.

Sunday and Monday I was suppose to ride, but I did not. I just did not feel like doing anything, during the week I try to ride in the morning before work, but I just can’t force myself to wake up in the morning. Then, if I don’t go in the morning, I don’t feel like doing it at lunch. It’s been difficult to train during the week. I did get out Tuesday during lunch and get in 5 miles. I need to ride some hills Wednesday to check the gears to see if they are shifting correctly. If not another trip to Mike’s to see what the problem could be. It might just be human error.            

Music City 5K/ 10K Recap

Let’s see the last 5K I participated in was the Music City July 4^th 5K/10K. Not a bad race at all. The race was downtown and as most of you might know it’s not the flattest part of town. If I am not mistaken we started off on 4^th Avenue and headed to the Shelby Street Bridge. It was weird but the 1^st mile was the hardest. After the 1^st mile I was into a good groove of walking and running. I was never really sure of my pace, but I figured I was doing well. Mile 2 went over the Woodland Street Bridge which I had to walk up and over. I tried to jog over it, but my legs were not having it. There was a nice bit of walking and running from the bridge to Broadway. Once I hit Broadway I jogged the rest of the way to the finish line. I figured since it was downhill, I might as well let gravity take help me the rest of the way. As I rounded the corner onto 4^th Avenue and saw the finish line I cranked it up a notch, well half a notch. I pushed through the finish line. I probably ran more in this race then the other 5Ks combined and I think my legs felt the same way.

Time: 52:55

Pace: 17:05

I think this might have been one of my best race times.