Bike ride is part of efforts to stop MS in its tracks
Three hundred cyclists are setting out to raise $300,000 toward a world free of multiple sclerosis by riding up to 150 miles over two days.
Bike MS: Oklahoma Ride will depart Sept. 15 from NCED Hotel & Conference Center in Norman, travel to Guthrie and conclude Sept. 16 back in Norman after a two-day journey through central Oklahoma.
“Bike MS is an experience grounded in camaraderie that brings together cyclists of all levels for one reason — to create a world free of MS,” Linda Bates, president of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s South Central chapter, said in a news release. “Funds raised from this event support cutting-edge MS research as well as programs and services for people living with MS in this community.”
Bike MS: Oklahoma Ride is one of nearly 80 rides across the country hosted by the National MS Society. This year, more than 80,000 people are expected to participate in Bike MS nationwide.
Primal and The Pickle Juice Co. are Premier National Sponsors of Bike MS. Primal is also the official National Cycling Apparel Sponsor and sponsors “I Ride with MS,” a special program recognizing Bike MS cyclists living with the disease.
According to the society, multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system
that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 2.3 million worldwide. The society mobilizes people and resources so that everyone affected can live their best lives in an effort to stop MS in its tracks and restore what has been lost.
For more information, go to nationalMSsociety.org, or call 800-3444867.