It was just what I wanted to be doing in the darkness of 6:30 am, gliding down 35 towards Hood River watching the colors change in the predawn on Mt Adams, hot coffee in hand, and a little MJ "Rock with Me" tying it all together. I had a beautiful "this is the life I want to be living" moment.I met Coach Cassie and her boyfriend super cyclist at Cassie's house and we hopped on bikes and rode out Mosier Tunnels, a beautiful paved car free section of the old Gorge Highway, my chain is all whack so I can't use my easiest cog, so I got a little added challenge, but the ride was so nice. The leaves are changing and the river was a perfect mirror. We rode for about an hour, returned to town, and I hit the pool.
Yesterday was the first day swimming seemed fun, and today it was actually relaxing. Pretty wild to go from winded flailing to relaxing in a week, maybe I've just relaxed into my flailing. The workout that took me an hour takes me 40 minutes now and my "golf score" (#seconds + #strokes to do 50m) though I'm sure not awesome when compared to others has gone from 136 to 133 to 130 to 129, so my spirits are buoyed (haha.) Now is hunker down time, clean house, finish Niki's weaving, fix my chain, do some work, and get ready for a bakeathon (baguette! challah! croissants!) with Belle and Andy and a weekend in Portland, all with a little MJ to keep it rockin.
i heart mj
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