Bob's Army in the House!

Its hard to explain how awesome and amazing BikeMS is because all participants experience it in a different way but two words that I'm sure we would all use is humble/humbling and proud. I will touch on being humble later on but for now its time to be excited because Bob's Army was in the house!! We were a veteran team this year, even tho we didn't make it last year. Check out our name on the teams banner.


We had 5 out of the 6 team members ride. Thomas, myself, our friends Amy, Corey and Giselle. Bob was listed as a rider but the MS caught up with him this week and he wasn't able to come up with us. We wish he had come because it was an absolutely perfect weekend for a bike ride.
Exhibit A and B can show that (credit to the SLTrib for these photos)

We all did the 40 miler however Thomas rode ahead, finished and came back to ride with the group back. I was a little worried about riding 40 miles but Corey paced Giselle and I really well so we made it just fine. The rest stops were well staffed and stocked and all of the volunteers were great! I honestly was so impressed with the turn out of riders and those riding with MS. Over 3,000 of us rode Saturday and Sunday and between us all are anticipated to raise about 1.4 million to fund research for finding a cure for MS!

Here we are at the starting line (Corey is taking the picture)


Here is the awesome swag we got from check-in. Thomas and I were in the 150 Club, which means we were in an exclusive group of 150 people who were the top fundraisers! I can't wait to sport my jersey around town and I have already worn my shirt.

The MS Society is really a great and inspiring group of people. I am so glad they have put together such a great event that encourages those with MS to keep fighting and also for those to keep supporting to find a cure. There may be a few moments where I was a little tired and my legs didn't want to go up that hill but I am humbled at my short moment of discomfort compared to Bob's daily battle with MS. Its a blessing in disguise that we are involved with this disease, because I feel we have found a great group of people and a wonderful cause to fight. Can we do it again next weekend? I'm ready to get out there again!

P.S. Bob's Army will have raised about approx. $4,500 at BikeMS along with $4,887.46 from WalkMS.