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Day 31

Working out in the shop. 

Today was a full day. I got up early and went for a 7 mile run with my group. We did the bridges and then down into San Marco. I felt pretty good for the run. It was cold this morning and it took a while to get the layers right and then I was great. It is amazing that you can be cold and sweating at the same time. After lunch we went to Barnes and Noble and met one of Samantha's teachers from Florida Virtual School. We met a few others as well. After dinner Ethan and I headed out to my shop to work on the hover craft. It is merely a plywood disc with plastic attached and the leaf blower stuck through a hole in the middle. We cut a hole in the plastic on the bottom. This forms the skirt and it lifts you off the ground. I was surprised it works at all. Once we saw it work Ethan hopped on and it lifted him. Then it was my turn, I was really surprised when it was able to lift me off the ground. Of course then Samantha and Tami had to try it as well. 

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Day 30

Taken with my iphone. Today was a busy one doctors appts. rock climbing, cycling with the Hammerheads Triathlon club and Date night with Tami. We even had dinner with my brother. The big thing I did today was the cycling class, I did 2 hours of the planned 3 hour class. The first hour was a regular spinning class and then we did an easier hour of just peddling the bikes and standing as needed. I figure this was like riding about 20 miles. We introduced ourselves and told what our training goals were. My goals are Half marathon with Donna (13.1 miles), Gate River run(9.3 miles) 3 sprint distance triathlons May, July and August (Swim 400 yards, Bike 10 miles and then Run 3.1 miles) I have been training for the running all fall and winter and I am starting to add in the training for the triathlons. I am running in the morning with my regular group. We are only doing 7 miles:-) I love being able to say only 7 miles 6 months ago that was way further then I could run. Last Saturday we ran 14 miles. I am not fast but I did cover the distance. Tomorrow I will cover the distance as well.

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Day 29

Today started out with rain and ended up clearing. It was still partly cloudy but we are past the rain. Now we have cold weather coming.  We went to dinner at Gino's pizza tonight. They have really good pizza. They brought out some dough, sauce and cheese and let the kids make their own pizzas. Tonight Miles and I went for a walk. We did 3 miles in the neighborhood. 

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Day 28

Back from a run. Miles and I went for a little run this evening. We did 3 miles in the neighborhood. The road was wet like it had rained a little bit. While we were out it was nice. As I am typing this now it has started to rain again. This is typical winter weather for us. We will have a gradual warming trend and then it will rain and get cold again. The rain doesn't bother me it is the cold weather I can do without. While running I was listening to my ipod which is built into my iphone. I even got a call while I was running. The phone pauses the music and you can answer the call. After the call the music automatically turns back on. It is all seamless and very cool. I love my iphone. I can also track my run using a program called mapmyrun. It uses the built in GPS and google maps and keeps track of the time and the distance covered. Unfortantely it wears down the battery fast so I only us it if I am doing a different run then normal.

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Day 27

Call to ride. I was just about to go for a ride today when I got a call. I talked on the phone while Samantha took some pictures of me. After the call I went for a short ride. I rode 6 miles in the neighborhood. I rode at an average speed of 16 mph. I am working on my speed. Of course I have several stop signs on the route so this slows me down a bit. It was a really nice day for a ride. It was just cool enough to make it pleasant.

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Day 26

Today I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. Cooking and cleaning and that kind of stuff. It was a red, white and blue kind of day. I home schooled the kids. Cooked meals and even went to the pen turners club meeting. They are a fairly new club and all they talk about is pen turning. I enjoyed the meeting tonight and plan on going next month as well.

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Day 25

Out in my workshop. Today I was able to spend several hours out in my shop. I did some pen turning and a little carving. I also put in a hanger system for my bike. The background of the picture is really busy. Everything has a place and I am able to find whatever I need. I enjoy spending time out in my shop.