Wednesday (3/28/06)

Yeah! I get to train with Dutch today! I haven’t trained with him for several weeks so now is my chance to show him how much I’ve improved! We started out with Juans. Only Dutch decided to make it interesting. He added stair laps! First time through Juans I did one stair lap. Second time through Juans I did two stair laps. We continued that trend through five times and five wonderful stair laps. Have I mentioned lately that I love stair laps? I didn’t? Oh, that’s because they aren’t exactly my favorite. But Dutch knows what he’s doing and they are really good for exhausting my thighs and getting my heart rate up. We got through the hour – I gave it my all and actually finished about 7 minutes early. I thought I’d impress Dutch my volunteering to do 5 laps around the track. Guess what he said? “How about 14?” That’s why these guys make the big bucks! So I pushed it and I’m proud to say through aching feet I got in 16 laps!!! I may not look like I’ve made huge progress but I feel like I’m finally doing things I only wished about before.