Ready, Set, . . .

It is still cold, but the sun is shining, the snow banks are slowly melting, and the roads are becoming more clear of ice.

My bikes will be out of the shop, hopefully, on Monday. I got the training rides tentatively scheduled and mapped out, got the flat fixing class scheduled for tomorrow, and have made good progress on starting my fundraising, despite the fact that I have not officially started my training.

Last year, I started riding my bike in the final week of March, and I'll be damned if I'm going to wait much longer this year to start riding consistently. (My few fat bike rides don't really count, in my mind.)

To that end, I was either the 3,087th or the 3,402nd person to sign the pledge to ride some distance - any distance - every day in April, despite the fact that I'll be out of town on two trips in the month. I hope others will do the same. Due to donations made based on the number of people who sign the pledge, it helps get bikes in the hands, and under the butts, of kids.

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/MaggieMS150