It begins...

Today the training begins (the Grand Canyon training). I went to the gym with my loaded backpack and "hiked" on the treadmill at 15% incline for about 30 minutes. Got some strange looks... but then again that's not too unusual for me when I enter the gym. The card reader almost exploded when I signed in. It hadn't seen me for some time and thought I had died. You can imagine the computer's surprise when I show up to work out. Return from the dead...

So, OK- the "hike" wasn't too bad. Then I walked on the stairclimber for only 4 minutes (and that about killed me) and then ran for about 15 minutes. I forgot how easy running on the treadmill was compared to outside- man that was awesome!!! All in all about a 50 minute cardio session. It was pretty great. I think I did too much for my first time out, but what else is new (I always overdo it). Knees are are little sore already- but that's to be expected.

No cool pictures today. I have commuted twice this week (didn't today because of the deluge of rain all day). Hopefully I'll get a commute in tomorrow. Only a 30% chance of thunderstorms (and in reality land that means almost no rain).
Oh, and in case I haven't mentioned it- I just LOVE commuting to work. I look forward to it every night before I go to bed. I wake up like a little kid ready to get on my bike.

Peace out... until the next boring post.
(this is the bagpiper who played at the Redman triathlon a few weeks ago)