Duh-dada-dah! My First Blog Post

I decided to try blogging about my antics and adventures as I train for the MS150 and the other MS Society events that I registered to do this year. We'll see how it works.

In the last month, I went to a few free spinning classes, rode my bike on the trainer a bit and did some yoga-like something-or-others, but have been expanding my horizons a smidge under the guise of "cross training."

I bought ice skates and am trying to teach myself how to skate with the help of my friends, brother, and nephews. My nephews are good motivators - taunting and teasing me so that I would chase them, yet offering me their hockey sticks in case that helped me with my balance.



I've also taken out my cross country skis with some friends.

As you may recall, I'm the training route captain for my team. I spent a fair amount of time last night adding a new training route (snappily titled, "District Del Sol") to my collection and putting together a rudimentary calendar with the MS Society's suggested mileage for the eight weeks before the ride. I will be adding group training rides to this calendar, once I figure out which rides we should do as a group and what days are best.

The District Del Sol is a route that I made up one day when I was exploring St. Paul's nether regions (Can you use that term in geography? Is that even how it is spelled?). I was able to convince Stacy and Kim from my team to try it out, with the promise of tasty food and a margarita from Boca Chica at the end of the ride. There's another ride I did in some southwestern suburbs last year when it turns out I had a sinus infection. (I wouldn't recommend those conditions.) I will be mapping that out as a potential training route for the spring. I'd tell you where it was, but I'm not really sure. I'll make it the subject of a future blog post.

In the last month, I've gotten to about 1/4 of the way toward meeting my fundraising goal for the MS150, and am humbled by people's generosity. I'm feeling exceptionally grateful for the fact that I can ski and skate to fight the winter doldrums and hopefully get in shape for my bike rides this summer. As I've learned more about MS over the past few years, I know that not everyone can do this. Hopefully all of these adventures of mine help raise awareness as well as money for research, treatment, and advocacy.

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