Today starts the 100 Day Challenge at Macomb Christian Church. I encourage you to join us as we read through the New Testament during the last 100 days of 2010. You can find the complete plan here:
http://www.macombcc.org/100daychallenge
This morning I got up, threw on my Gym clothes and drove to work with the radio off. Once I got to work, I read Matthew 1 & 2, then went to the Gym for my 30 minutes of exercise.
My goal for the next 100 days is to Put First Things First. Reading the bible, strengthening the body God has given me, and spending more time with my kids.
Why wait until New Year's Day to make some changes? Why not start now? Leave me a comment and let me know what you are going to do the last 100 days of 2010!
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Misadventures in Cross Training
Today I was going to be super-woman! My alarm went off at 6:30am this morning and even though Max had kept me up past mid-night, I got up right away. I managed to get my bike on the van roof rack and actually got to Becky Jo's 10 minutes ahead of schedule.
I must say, Becky Jo seemed none-too-pleased to see me 10 minutes early. But she said she was in for our morning of triathlon training anyway. Getting Becky Jo's bike on the roof of my van was a little challenging but we muscled through it and were on our way to Mandy's.
When we exited the express-way there was a police office directing traffic at the top of the ramp. We looked down the road to see why and discovered we were on the New Baltimore Triathlon's route! (BTW that's probably as close as I'll get to a full tri!)
We got a bit lost on the way to Mandy's and took a scenic detour but managed to arrive about 15 minutes late. I must say, Mandy seemed none-too-pleased that we were late. But she said she was in for our morning of triathlon training anyway.
We decided to forego putting Mandy's bike on the roof and instead just shoved it in the back of my van, and were on our way to Stoney Creek.
About 2 minutes after we picked Mandy up it started raining pretty hard. I think that was the first time Becky Jo suggested we skip training and go see a movie. We laughed and continued on our way.
We got to the beach and after a minute the monsoon subsided to a light rain so we decided to go ahead with the swim. When we got to the beach there were about 15 lifeguards there. It seemed a little odd because there are not usually lifeguards when we swim at 8am since the beach technically doesn't open until 10am. We forged ahead but when we got to the sand the head lifeguard came up to us and said we couldn't swim because they were having "in service training." I think that was the second time Becky Jo suggested a movie. We laughed again and went to change into our biking clothes.
We muscled all the bikes off and out of the van and managed to get all the tires on the bikes and all the brakes connected. Then we noticed that Mandy had 2 flat tires. There was another group of bikers so we asked if they had a pump. Their shiny SUV had a built in compressor, so we inflated Mandy's tires and were on our way.
We made it all the way from the parking lot to the bike trail before Mandy's tires were flat again. I think that was the third time Becky Jo suggested a movie. We didn't laugh. We weighed our options and decided that Becky Jo & I would bike and Mandy would run. Then Mandy could use one of our bikes when we were done.
Becky Jo and I rode once around Stoney Creek which is about 6 miles. Becky Jo did awesome for her first time on a bike in quite a while. When we finished biking we jogged back to the trail to look for Mandy. We met her at the start of the trail and decided to all jog back to the van and swim together.
The swim went great. We all swam the full 300 meters (the amount in the mini-tri) and Mandy & I did an extra 300 meters just for fun. I'm sure we gave the lifeguards (who were on duty by then) a good laugh when we raced butterfly stroke.
Even though we didn't get to do the full amount of the mini-tri, we had a great time with our misadventures in training. On the way home, we discussed whether we had burned enough calories to justify stopping for ice cream, but we were good and passed by the diary queen.
I think we were all Super Women after all.
I must say, Becky Jo seemed none-too-pleased to see me 10 minutes early. But she said she was in for our morning of triathlon training anyway. Getting Becky Jo's bike on the roof of my van was a little challenging but we muscled through it and were on our way to Mandy's.
When we exited the express-way there was a police office directing traffic at the top of the ramp. We looked down the road to see why and discovered we were on the New Baltimore Triathlon's route! (BTW that's probably as close as I'll get to a full tri!)
We got a bit lost on the way to Mandy's and took a scenic detour but managed to arrive about 15 minutes late. I must say, Mandy seemed none-too-pleased that we were late. But she said she was in for our morning of triathlon training anyway.
We decided to forego putting Mandy's bike on the roof and instead just shoved it in the back of my van, and were on our way to Stoney Creek.
About 2 minutes after we picked Mandy up it started raining pretty hard. I think that was the first time Becky Jo suggested we skip training and go see a movie. We laughed and continued on our way.
We got to the beach and after a minute the monsoon subsided to a light rain so we decided to go ahead with the swim. When we got to the beach there were about 15 lifeguards there. It seemed a little odd because there are not usually lifeguards when we swim at 8am since the beach technically doesn't open until 10am. We forged ahead but when we got to the sand the head lifeguard came up to us and said we couldn't swim because they were having "in service training." I think that was the second time Becky Jo suggested a movie. We laughed again and went to change into our biking clothes.
We muscled all the bikes off and out of the van and managed to get all the tires on the bikes and all the brakes connected. Then we noticed that Mandy had 2 flat tires. There was another group of bikers so we asked if they had a pump. Their shiny SUV had a built in compressor, so we inflated Mandy's tires and were on our way.
We made it all the way from the parking lot to the bike trail before Mandy's tires were flat again. I think that was the third time Becky Jo suggested a movie. We didn't laugh. We weighed our options and decided that Becky Jo & I would bike and Mandy would run. Then Mandy could use one of our bikes when we were done.
Becky Jo and I rode once around Stoney Creek which is about 6 miles. Becky Jo did awesome for her first time on a bike in quite a while. When we finished biking we jogged back to the trail to look for Mandy. We met her at the start of the trail and decided to all jog back to the van and swim together.
The swim went great. We all swam the full 300 meters (the amount in the mini-tri) and Mandy & I did an extra 300 meters just for fun. I'm sure we gave the lifeguards (who were on duty by then) a good laugh when we raced butterfly stroke.
Even though we didn't get to do the full amount of the mini-tri, we had a great time with our misadventures in training. On the way home, we discussed whether we had burned enough calories to justify stopping for ice cream, but we were good and passed by the diary queen.
I think we were all Super Women after all.
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