7 miles

Yesterday was quite the busy day for us. I feel like I'm saying that all the time lately. After work we headed up to Hopkins to visit our nephew who had his brain surgery on Monday. He looks amazing and is progressing wonderfully. He's definitely not his normal self, as he's in pain and really sleepy, but overall everyone is very pleased.

I had to skip the gym in order to make it to the hospital on time for our visiting slot. So we decided afterwards we'd go for a long bike ride to get our exercise in. We live close to a beautiful park that's right on the Chesapeake Bay. We biked there and rode around the whole park. We rode on a giant fishing pier, stopped at the beach, saw tons of deer, and tackled hill after hill. Definitely a fulfilling ride. All in all it was 7 miles and boy did I feel it ;)

8.5 miles biking

After our weekend ritual of coffee on the back deck my husband asked If I wanted to ride bikes with him. I was hesitant at first for a few reasons. My lungs are currently being a little stubborn in dealing with an Asthmatic flare up. Yes, on top of CF I have the asthmatic component. So I was pretty tight this morning but decided I'd still go with him. He rides his bike for miles and miles and miles so I was slightly intimidated by his mad skills ;)

However I decided it was best to go and push myself to my limits and I surely did just that. I was happy with myself because I was pretty much right behind him the whole time. There were plenty of hills to keep me working hard. By the end we had finished 8.5 miles round trip. It felt great, I definitely gave my lungs a mega workout on what is our normal day off.

Here's a pic of the half way point....just outside of the Chesapeake Bay by Gibson Island. I love that we live surrounded by tons and tons of water.

Do Or Do Not..There Is No Try!

Well I know this quote is popular, and by no means new, but I LOVE IT!!! I went to the gym today, and to my surprise my beloved treadmill (and all others) were being used. I guess there are a lot more people there now since the New Year. Anyway so I decided to do the bike today as my entire workout. Whoa momma I am SORE, but I love it. I rode the bike today for 25 insanely tough and sweaty minutes, totaling 4.1 miles. I went through a virtual mountain course and I really felt like I was on a mountain, wow.

So as I'm biking there are little motivational quotes that were scrolling on the screen. And right when I thought I literally couldn't move another muscle...."DO OR DO NOT THERE IS NO TRY" scrolls past me in bright yellow letters. It may have well said "Jess did you read that!?" So I followed my quotes advice and pushed it to the limit! I'm happy to say that I did not stop pedaling that bike for the entire 25 mintues, and there are parts of me that are sore that I didn't know existed :P

So in honor of this quote, I'd like to say Thank you!!

P.S.- My FEV1 monitor gave me a surprise reading today, 2.42!! :)