Last Saturday, the 27th, my friend, Malinda, and my sister-in-law, Lindsie, and I went up to Logan to do a 40 mile bike ride for MS. This course was very similar to the course Malinda and I did a few weeks ago for Breast Cancer, we traveled on many of the same roads.
To be able to ride in this one, we each had to raise at least $250 to go towards the research of finding a cure for MS. Some of you remember getting my requests to help me raise this money. (A big thanks to all those who donated and thanks to all of you who wish you could have and sent me with your well-wishes). We all made our goal, and Lindsie made the goal and then some. It is a very good cause, and while it was a little hard to raise the money, I think it was worth it. We figure that with all the people riding and that most people raised more than the minimum $250 that the event brought in well over 1 million dollars.
The ride was FANASTIC! Knowing how windy it can get in the area, we were a little hesitant. But with a slight breeze and relitively flat ride (but not forgetting that we had a few good hills) we really, really enjoyed ourselves.
All of our husbands and kids (for those of us who have them) were able to meet us at the finish line. Lindsie's family was there, too, from Arizona. It was so awesome to see them all at the end. I don't think they know how much it meant to see them all after riding that 40 miles.
Here are the pictures:
This is Lindsie before the ride. She got that jersey for raising more than $600.
This is Malinda. She's confused what I'm doing.
Oh... taking a picture.
This is our first rest stop. Lindsie is eating an orange.
Malinda
Lindsie's mom has MS. She wore her picture for the ride.
Funny story about this picture... at the rest stop Malinda had pulled out some sun screen chapstick so we were all putting it on. This lady comes up and asks if she can use some. Who does that? Anyway, we let her. We figured the least she could do after giving us some sort of unknown disease was take our picture.
After the ride, putting our bikes back on the car. Lindsie is back at the fairgrounds with her family.
Look how confident this young couple looks
We were so tired of getting our picture taken at this point. Can you tell?
My family. My oldest brother Ryan had fallen down the stairs that day and was on some pain medication... can you find him?
Chad's family... minus his sister Jenny. We don't know where she was for this picture.
