After the first day of meeting and such, the students were going nuts about wanting to play basketball, which I wasn't up for, but I did head to the campus pool. I swam about 10 laps, then walked upstairs and hit the stationary bike. After about 5 miles, I gave up. It was completely uncomfortable compared to the bikes at my normal gym, or my actual bicycle. I got off of that and started jogging on the indoor track - but only finished a mile. The weirdness of running on a track that takes 15 laps to get a mile seemed to overcome my desire to exercise. Part of this was probably due to being in a different situation as well.
On Thursday, I was taking part of a crew to a work site for a service day at a national park. We were scheduled to dig a ditch, one foot wide and one foot deep, along a handicap accessible trail that goes from the park HQ to the nearby bird blind. I ended up grabbing a pulaski and cutting away at the ground even though there were plenty of people helping. It seems like a heck of a tool, so I worked with these kids from about 8:30 in the morning until we were supposed to eat lunch around 11:30. After lunch, we worked until we were supposed to go on a tour around 2:15, but since we had been on the tour before, we took a 20 minute break and started back up until 4. My arms are definitely feeling it now that I'm back home and sitting on the couch. Taking off for the 4th weekend, but may pull off a bike ride on Sunday or Monday...
- brad
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