Sam's Club MS150 - CycleOther

We took it pretty easy for several reasons so my time is nothing to write home about, but it was fun and it was really nice to have the wind as our friend.

We were Ride Marshalls this year and had to stop a couple times to help or slow down to offer help. We were also riding with a less experienced friend and rode a little slower to stay with him.


After training with headwinds for all spring, Day 1 was a breeze. It was overcast, cool and we had a tailwind at the start. After lunch the winds shifted and we again had a tailwind most of the way in. My longest training ride was about 60 miles and I expected the last 20 of Day 1 to be a huge sufferfest BUT I was pleasantly surprised! Thanks to the tailwind that day, I got to mile 60 and was ready to really start riding. I decided to go ahead and add some miles add the end to try and make it a Day 1 century (partially b/c I had a feeling there would be no Day 2). Once we got to the end we began laps around TMS to get to 100. At the end of Lap2 (mile 92), it started sprinkling and we figured the clouds were finally about to let loose so we turned in to the finish. 5 minutes later they announced a Severe weather alert and began pulling people off the course. Around 4:30, Day 2 was cancelled as well. I was a little disappointed that Day 2 was cancelled so soon but it is what it is and I was happy Day 1 was so great...although we never really made it to the tent for post ride treats b/c we called in the calvary to come pick us up and take us home for the day.