The 2012 MS150 was scheduled for April 21-22 in Miami, Florida.  I was able to recruit 4 of my able-bodied friends to join the ride.  I trained and conditioned for 2 months leading up to the 150 mile ride.  The ride was supposed to start Saturday morning, promptly at 7:00am.  All my friends and I live in West Palm Beach, which is 1.5 – 2 hours away from the Miami-Homestead Speedway starting point.  So Friday night we decided to stay at a cheap hotel in Miami, right near the Homestead Speedway.   Setting my alarm for 5:45am, I got in bed Friday night around 10:00pm.

Well, I woke up around 4am before the alarm went off, to the extremely loud sound of thunder and lightning.  It was nasty outside pouring down rain.  Lying in a cheap uncomfortable hotel bed that smelled like someone else’s foot, I came to the conclusion that my current situation sucked, to put it lightly.