I have the honor of sitting next to Nick as I write todays blog.  It was a fabulous weekend in Ithaca, NY.  We celebrated Alex’s graduation from Cornell….no small feat!  No day went by without some sort of physical activity.  Clint & Tim  went for a very hilly bike ride & then joined Lauren, Gina, Alex, Nick, Bear & some of the other fine rowers on Al’s crew team for some gorge jumping.  Amazing to me that anyone would willingly want to inflict that kind of stress to the human body.  They were jumping from heights of about 45-50 feet.  The others stood around taking pictures & video.  I’m sure the military families have much more heroic tales to tell than our memory maker.

Today Jay & I swam hard for 20 minutes using our training flippers which get the heart rate really going.  I feel like a bullet in the water.  After that we met with Scott & worked on arms, squats & some core work for 1/2 hour.  Felt strong, felt good.  Starting to train harder in preparation for our first triathlon of the year on June 12th in Merrimack….the 3rd Annual Y Tri.

Day after Memorial Day made me think about all those soldiers, all those families & all those memories.  It’s good to be part of such a wonderful family & all the choices I have to stay healthy.

xoxo Granite Girls