4 Hours in a Saddle...

steve (seminary/outdoor rec. friend) leads a youth group and is starting to teach about dating/relationships/personal value and needs a female teacher so he's bringing me on to play that role. their VBS started today and i'm going to join them for the rest of the week to build casual relationships with the girls and some of the boys too, but focusing on the females.... excited about that! my sunday night teaching time will start here in a few weeks, so i'm brushing up on things.

last saturday i rode 42 miles with my legs to the wind and head in a helmet. crazy. i have never been more 'pro-life' than after that point. i was thinking, "this father's day is going to suck if i die on a bike! you can do it abby!" i slept for 4 hours after i got home from biking then drove 5 hours to pick up joey from the airport in N.C. and back. then went to SLEEP again. then slept in sunday morning. i was wasted tired. but not sore really. kinda weird. i drained my body of everything it had in it, but one thing didn' t hurt more than another.

going to bike to work tomorrow as i have done many times before. my quads are getting much stronger, so running shouldn't be that bad on my knees, but they still get stiff and cracky after junk like that so i got a brace and try to take it easy. thinking about muscles and foot placement as i 'glide' along the blacktop helps i think. running is going to be the most difficult part of my race, swimming is my strongest as of now. i need to be doing something everyday, but wind up only training about 4-5 times a week. not too bad, i know...but i weight lift on the off days anyhow.