Well, at least out of shape anyway. Went on a little mountain biking expedition yesterday with a few friends. We went on some trails back behind the Army ranger training camp. Needless to say, I was definitely not expecting the amount of hills that we encountered. Florida is supposed to be flat. Biking an hour and a half under normal conditions I have been able to handle recently, but you start throwing in sand, rough terrain (which I was prepared for), and some serious hills (so not!!!), then you have a heaving sweating puddle of what used to be a man walking his bike up the hill. It's been a while since I've had my body at that sports exhaustion point where you know you're about ready to toss your lunch. If we had been out on a sports field doing soccer or something, I would have probably just pushed it and gone for the whole reverse stomach maneuver, but since we were in the middle of the woods with no idea where I really was or how far to get out, I wussied my bike up some of the hills silently sucking away at my camelbak. The exhausting heat probably didn't help, but not going to make any excuses. I guess I will have to find some more hills in this area to train on so I can cowboy up the next time around. I think I'll wait a week or so before trying that again though. Spent most of today trying to remain horizontal. :) Oh well, that's why God invented motrin!
Anyhow, not much else new going on this week as of yet.
Keep you posted.
Peace!
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