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Biking, Biking, Biking

My first 2 a day knocked me out!  It is certainly something I am going to need to get used to.

A recap of the most recent boot camp workouts:

Boot Camp Day 10 - Trip Wire
    A combination of different jump rope exercises and abs
Boot Camp Day 11 - Airborne Ranger
    Suicide sprints with varying degrees of hills

Both days of boot camp were pretty rough.  I pushed myself extremely hard on the suicide sprints.

Friday morning, we had an off day for boot camp, so I took my bike to the park.  I was able to get on and off the bike without falling this time! I did 5 miles through the park in 25 minutes.  I'm still getting used to biking with the clips on, but with each lap around the park, I felt more comfortable.

There are certain areas of the park that are hilly, and I definitely struggled to get up the hills.  I'm not great with switching gears yet.  When i start going up or down a hill, I am aimless switching gears, until it is comfortable.

I had planned on swimming on Saturday, but Friday had been a long, tiring day and Saturday was about to be the same, so I didn't swim. I figure I can take a day off here and there in my pre-training.  I won't have this luxury in a few months.

Sunday afternoon PB and I went to Riverside Park in Roswell and rode a little over 10 miles in 53 minutes. We were on a bike path, so I didn't have to worry about cars. It was very unnerving to be on the path at the park and have to worry about the walkers, runners, and other bikers.  Once we moved away from the park, we had a little bit of space to pick up speed.

All in all, I had 2 very productive bike rides.  I haven't fallen since the first time out!

Goals for this week:

· Bike at least once this week
· Swim at least once this week
· Drink more water!!!
"Spirit ... has fifty times the strength and staying power of brawn and muscle."

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