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.
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