Ballin...

Alright Ladies and gentlemen, an unusual opportunity to workout popped up today. I was a little bummed when i heard tha tthe gym was going to be occupied for a bal tournament tonight and it was going to crunch into my workout time. However I got a call at 6:00 asking me if I would enjoy playing around with the 35 and older guys in a game. I thought why not and I went up to the school. I actually had a pretty good game. I had been practicing quite abit during the season when i was coaching my boys and I feel a bit more confident on the floor. I had a fun time and surprisingly I wasnt as winded as I imagined I would be. These games last forty minutes and I remeber when I played at Thanksgiving I was dying at half time. Tonight I was able to play the first game and I think I might have been able to play another after if need be. I am improving fitnesswise I just need to hit the bike harder. We are getting down to the final wire now only six and half more weeks man everything seems to be quickly approaching. I got to check in wiith my family and it looks like I might be able to squeeze in one day with them before I head out to the east coast. Time always seems to be so tight, I never seem to know where it all goes...

The little engine that could...

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, 3miles done in one session is better than 2miles done in a morning and 2mi in an evening session right??? Actually I I think I am slowly getting the conveyor belt worked out, and my balance is improving. I took a day of rest yesterday, and I was sweating like a fiend today, (almost as much when I steam), it was crazy but it was feeling good. I am increasing my average speed, which is not going to sound impressive but right now all I am training on is a mountain bike with some fatty boombulatty tires on it so my friction is pretty high. I am working on getting my bike ordered, just had some sizing questions with the company that I am working out via email. I have to ride tomorrow morning because in the evening I have to fly to Bethel for some meetings, hopefully I will came back early enough on Sunday so I can squeeze in some workout time before hitting the sack. I steamed again tonight and it just takes all the juice out of your muscles. It feels incredible, but you feel like oyu can barely make a fist afterwards. Even typing this blog out is only with the aid of gravity helping my fingers fall down:)

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Exercises in humilitation...

Well Ladies and Gentlemen lets recap
Workout day 1 I worked out in the morning and in the evening morning session for an hour, evening session for a half hour, although I was able to bike the same amount of distance in each session. I swear this contraption I am riding on has to be harder than riding on the road. It is basically a conveyor belt I rest my bike on top of. However, I logged in four more miles today, bringing my total up to...5 miles. Kind of anticlimatic I know but you have to start somewhere, what happened to my college days of doing 70 mi rides...either I am really out of shape or this conveyor contrivance is simply wasting my energy. That which does not kill us makes us stronger, and I think it would be pretty hard for me to meet my end while basically biking in one spot. One nice thing though as I went over to "steam" after my evening workout session I got to see the last bit of the sunset at 9:20PM. Then after having a hot one, all of my muscles were completely relaxed. I wish I could pack a steamhouse with me and take it out to end my day. It is blissful. Then coming out and into the tundra evening air, was so crisp, and drinking a potful of melted snow...this is going to be something to miss. I have to get to bed now folks tomorrow I want to be at school by 6AM to work out, and still give me seven hours to sleep.

Biking is on!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen I have been given the go ahead. My summer bike tour is on. That means between now and then I have to do a seriuos bout of training. I have to be ready May 19th, four days after the end of the school year. This si pretty intense and it looks like it is going to suck up a majority of my summer. But I think it is going to be worth it, getting to see America so intimately, I don't know if I could have passed this up. In two years I will sadly be too old. I am pretty pumped I have checked out the other riders profiles and they seem to be a good group of people, they have decided to put a big portion of this past year to devoting their time to others. I have to admit that I missing out seeing my family and friends this summer. A lot of my plans got pushed to the wayside, but I am appreciative that everyone still supports me to follow my wild fancies. I have 64 days left to prepare for this and Ihave my training bike all set up with a bike computer. So far mileage logged >1mi. Ok I know it is small, but I am getting up at 5:30 tomorrow to log some serious time in before school and see if I get these numbers up. I am going to attempt to keep a daily posting of how many days left and how far I have ridden total. Guys this sounds like it is going to be a trip of a lifetime. Once I am given a donation link I will post here and I hope you guys will help out the affordable housing cause. What this trip is going to entail is that I am going to start out in Virginia Beach, Virginia, dip my bike into the Atlantic Ocean, then bike to Canon Beach, Oregon and dip my wheels into the Pacific. Stopping along the way nine times to build houses in various locations along the way. I am a member of a group of 30 people, and following the philosophy of many hands make light work we should be able to provide a good surge of manpower to these sites. This trip will take me to the 29th of July, and I have to be back in AK on the 11th of August for meetings. Alright guys, here's to having some new starts...