First off, I did not forget my keys again so far this week. Friday morning we met at Broadway, ran 1.5 miles and then began ~40 min of grueling sets including pushups, squats, lunges, burpees, mountain climbers, and followed up by 1/4 run after each set. One set was all ab work. In middle of this set, the rain started. I guess that it was expected since it hadn't yet rained all week, and I have yet to go through a week in which it didn't rain at least once. Initially, the rain was welcomed, seeing as it was a light drizzle that felt cooler than the surrounding air. But as our sets ended, the rain really began and it was bike time. About half the people left due to the pouring rain, but a few of us stayed and did the 3.4 mile bike ride in the downpour. At one point, I had my head down hoping that I wouldn't run into another biker (I wasn't too worried about the cars; there aren't any at 6 am at broadway). That was the start of my weekend.
It got better though! Saturday morning I woke up at 5:30 and was in the car headed to the inlet with my mountain bike to meet up with a few of the other boot campers and our fearless leader, along with with wife. There were 5 of us in total and we drove down to the Palmetto Trail head which is around McClellanville (a few miles north of Mt. Pleasant). We geared up and took off for the unknown. It I had known what was ahead, I might not have been so inclined to go, but since I didn't, I was game. In the first 1.4 mile, we hit about 4 huge water holes with water up to our knees. But, we kept peddling on through the water until we hit the road with mud all over us. I thought that it couldn't get much worse, but then we hit a section of the trail known as "Mt. Killamyvagina." It was pretty much just that due to the immense number of roots that filled the trail. Just when you needed to catch some speed to go through more water and mud, you hit about 20 roots that were like mini-road bumps, only some of them weren't so mini. We stopped at the halfway point and did some jumping jacks and pushups. He tried to get us to run, but a walk was a little more my pace by that point. We then turned home and did it all over again, all the while keeping one eye on the water/the trail and one eye out for Mr. No Shoulders, aka my slithery friend known as the snake. Luckily, no snakes on this trip. :)
We then changed by the car, wiped the mud off and proceeded to go to Mt. Pleasant to the Wal-Mart. Kitsy needed some fresh clothes. Even the girl as we walked in was eyeing us and laughed. We must have looked like a homeless gang coming in the by our monthly clothes. Afterwards, we grabbed some lunch and went to TrySports, where I ran into Jason, who is going to do an Ironman Triathlon in Panama City on Nov 1. Best wishes, Jason. I came home late that afternoon, washed off my bike, took a long shower, and had Betsy check my head for ticks. This was all followed by dinner and some well-deserved couch time.
Today, I couldn't sleep late... yes, I was up by 7 on my one morning off. I finished my book and pretty much have been lazy. I am trying to get a little cleaning done today, but I haven't gotten far with that just yet. But... I can't wait for tonight and Sugarland!!! Should be a great time. Perhaps I should go sweep the floor. All the sand from the bikes is killing me.
Ta-ta for now!
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