Day 15: Begin Summer Exercise Today begins a summer exercise program suggested by my daughter. We will go out every morning and alternate between jogging, roller blading and bike riding. The goal is about 30 minutes of exercise, where we are exercising at least 1/2 of that at an elevated heart rate. This is supposed to improve your aerobic capacity. So today was an easy start of 8/10's of a mile. Easy, right?

Ha! It's been a loooong time since I tried to run for any extended period of time. This was a bigger challenge than I expected. We made it, but were both quite winded by the time we got home.

The evening brought some post-board meeting refreshment at the local watering hole.

Total time outside: 1:30

Labels: exercise, school, summer

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  Day 11: Another evening out It's the big 8th grade 'graduation' dance, and I was the dutiful father, snapping photos of my daughter and her friends. It was a 'red carpet' themed event, and all the boys and girls were in their party finest. For the boys, black shirts/pants and a white tie was the preferred look. The girls - everything from the 'little black dress' to near prom regalia. It was interesting watching the awkward junior highers' as they attempted to be grown-up. Weird to see kids I watched go through elementary school start looking like their mom/dad - at 14!

After this it was another school board meeting, discussing board goals for the coming year. There was time after the meeting for a 'tall cold one' at the local watering hole with outdoor seating until 11pm!

Total time outside: 90 minutes

Labels: graduation, school, summer

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