I am ready, mentally and physically. I'm not packed yet, but that will be tonight after work. John and I will pack all our stuff and drive to Mustang's office building and load it on the truck. The only things we are not bringing up tonight are our four pillows and the champagne/flutes. I volunteered to buy a bottle of champagne to share among the six of us who have been training together (Lewis, an MS150 veteran, Warren, Gloria, Gaby, John and me). We have had so much fun training together. I think we will enjoy just a sip of bubbles as soon as we arrive in LaGrange. Tomorrow, we will be up at 5:00 because we need to arrive at Mustang at 6:00 to finish last-minute loading, take a team picture, and then blend in with the cyclists who will be traveling down Park Row (our building is between the two official start sites (Tully on Dairy Ashford and Rhodes Stadium in Katy).
At Dale's suggestion, I bought Accelerade and Endurox which I will mix tomorrow morning (Accelerade) and pack some of the mix for Sunday morning and the Endurox for Saturday night. It will be a good test to see how I think it impacts my performance for Sunday.
Courtney commented the other day that our family doesn't have normal family evenings where everyone sits down to dinner together, has some sort of activity in the evening and generally is together. She commented that all I do is ride my bike. I remember not too long ago that she was seeking more independence! At her request, we are going to have more "family evenings." Isn't she sweet!
Posted by Kathleen at April 11, 2003 02:14 PMGood luck on your ride. Maybe Courtney is realizing that she is about to fly from the nest and wants more family get-to-gethers before that happens.
Posted by: Theresa on April 13, 2003 12:39 AMKathleen...I told some of the guys about your ride and all they could say was; "Wow." Okay, so maybe they are not very eloquent, but they certainly were impressed with your and John's success.
Posted by: Rita on April 15, 2003 09:52 PMHopefully the "family evenings" we had while I was there this week will make up for some of what she's been missing--except she herself wasn't around on Tuesday with the UIL and Science Olympiad events, so who's to blame for that? :-)
I had a wonderful time on my visit there. Are you going to blog about the poop discussion and resulting event, or shall I?
Posted by: Elizabeth on April 16, 2003 11:54 PMWe're waiting for a day after the ride entry!
Posted by: Cynthia on April 18, 2003 07:05 AM