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Colorado-Wyoming Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society’s Bike MS – Wyoming’s Big Horn Country Classic Set to Roll August 13 - 14

July 28, 2016

DENVER (July 28, 2016) – The Colorado-Wyoming Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society’s annual fundraising ride – Bike MS: Wyoming’s Bighorn Country Classic  – is on the horizon. The annual two-day adventure ride is slated for August 13 – 14, 2016 and will be held out of Sheridan for the first time. Nearly 300 cyclists will ride a 150-mile course as they target raising $250,000 for programs and research that benefit people across Wyoming who are affected by MS.
 
The ride will start and finish on the campus of Sheridan College and follow a course that takes participants through area communities including Sheridan, Ucross, Buffalo, Story, Banner, Dayton and Ranchester. The course features fully stocked rest tops every 10 – 15 miles, lunch stops each day, and safety provided by medical personnel, HAM radio operators, law enforcement and motorcycle escorts. For cyclists seeking an added challenge, there is also a 100-mile century course option into the Bighorn Mountains.
 
“We are looking forward to the new location and route this year, and to seeing supporters from across Wyoming,” said Carrie Nolan, president of the Chapter. “People ride in Bike MS to support family members, friends or co-workers who have been diagnosed with MS, but there are also participants who live - and ride - with the disease, despite challenges such as fatigue or weakness. These cyclists will be wearing “I Ride with MS” jerseys, which gives everyone the opportunity to recognize and encourage these special participants,” Nolan continued.
“We welcome our new host site partner, Sheridan College, and thank Black Tooth Brewery for hosting packet pick up for our riders.  We are also very appreciative of our lunch stop hosts - community members led by Buffalo area residents Ron and Kathleen McPhee and the Dayton Rotary Group. We are also grateful for Erin Kilbride, executive director of the Tongue River Community Center, who has coordinated the Dayton area efforts while serving on our local Bike MS planning committee. The enthusiasm and generosity of these supporters, and everyone who has volunteered their time, will make this an exceptional experience,” said Nolan.  
 
Funds raised by the Wyoming ride help to support vital programs and research that benefit Wyomingites affected by MS, a disease that affects the central nervous system by disrupting the flow of information from the brain to the body, impacting mobility, cognition and many other functions. Wyoming has one of the highest incidences of MS in the nation - one person in 350 lives with MS in Wyoming, compared to 1 person in 750 nationally, which is why awareness raised and support is so important to our fight to end this disease.
 
“Although the cause and cure remain unknown, there has been exciting and significant progress,” Nolan continued. “Until 1993 there were no treatments for MS.  Today there are more than a dozen, FDA-approved therapies to help manage the disease thanks to strong and ongoing community support. The Society continues to support global research efforts that will lead to the medical discoveries that will stop progression of MS, reverse nerve damage caused by MS and end this disease forever. We invite the community to join with us as riders, volunteers or by making a donation and be a part of the worldwide effort to ensure MS finally stands for mystery solved,” Nolan added.
 
The Chapter serves more than 100,000 people affected by MS in Colorado and Wyoming and has an office located in Cheyenne that provides programs, advocacy and resources to support people in Wyoming living with MS and their families.

Registration is $70 and a minimum fundraising of $300.  For more information about Bike MS: Wyoming’s Big Horn Country Classic or to register, volunteer or donate, visit BikeMSWyoming.org.

About Multiple Sclerosis

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, but advances in research and treatment are leading to better understanding and moving us closer to a world free of MS. 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 people worldwide.

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