7.27.2011

9 or Adventure is out there

I am off to ride the bike. I think I will venture towards Sac State then head to Target to get the bf new shoe laces since he broke his this morning getting ready for work. I hope the ride is at least 10 miles!!! I need the fresh air.

8 or Lackluster preformance

One of the best things about going to Sac State is the fact that there is a huge state of the art gym/ fitness center on campus. During the regular semester, I can go to "The Well" for free (since it is included in the price of my oh so wonderful tuition that keeps on going up each freaking semester) but since I am not enrolled in any classes during the Summer, I have to pay about $20something each month. I have been going to The Well every day that I can. The only days that I have not gone was on days that are roller derby practice days.

7.26.2011

7 or "Why?"

For the past few months, I have been riding my bike as often as I can. Last month, I rode about 90 miles and this month, I am closing in on 100 miles. A few days ago during practice a teammate asked me why I have been biking as much as I have. The past few weeks, I have biked about 90 miles on a silly single speed bike. To be honest, I bike so I can become stronger and a more powerful roller derby player.

7.19.2011

6 or "Workin' on my fitness"

Since this summer has started (well, once the Spring semester ended for me at Sac State and until my Summer semester at American River College started), I have been trying to find new things to do to keep me physically active. Joining roller derby has helped to keep me active but I was looking for something else to keep me busy and something that would ultimately help me in derby. Anywho, I took a Summer class at American River College so I don't have to take it next year at Sac State. Taking a six week class for less than $80 is better then taking a 16 week class for thousands of dollars. It also helps that I live about 4 miles away from ARC, so I originally thought about taking the bus (which runs from Sac State to ARC with my home only 2 blocks from the bus stop) for a while. The problem with this idea was that I had to get to the bus stop by 715 am and I got to school at 735am leaving me with about 30 minutes to kill before my class.

I had found an old green Schwinn Collegiate bicycle last year when I was working with the US Census. I fixed it up and have been trying to bike as much as possible. In June, I biked about 80 miles. Most of it was just from school and back. This month, I am trying to make it 100 miles. I am almost there. 60+ miles down.