Day 3 
in the belly of the beast. This guy is my trainer and I did an hour with him today. TW-no shirt.
[Gallerys | NPC News Online](National Physique Committee 2013 Vermont)
Advance our standards, set upon our foes;
Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George,
Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!William Shakespeare, Richard III
Day 4- rest
Day 5
Day 4, easy! Day 5 . Gearing up for a bike ride in the 90° great and 67% humidity.
For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.
Wm. S., Romeo and Juliet
Day 4 
I know rest day but I had BlackBerry cobbler. Umm so did exercises anyway.
28 frickin’ miles. I estimated about 18 miles in my head, I guess I’ll know better next time! 14.9 mph average, I always slip below that 15 mph target on the uphill climb to home.
Yikes! That’s insanely impressive. Hope you are resting your body after that ride.
Day 5 and 6 Off to give these demanding doggos their walk
Day 6 completed
Day 5 completed
Day 6. In honor of @Runningfree I did a 2 mile trail run today - up the hill, zig zag down about half of it then straight down, in two rounds. I did not fall once! Yay! Took a stumble once and banged my shoes into my ankles a couple times, but stayed upright the whole time.
…(A)ctually baby steps are a great unbalanced, wholehearted, enthusiastic lurches into the unknown.
@olivefsmith, 10/28/2021
Day 6 Day 7 rest - probably NOT!
Day 8 done. Here’s my warmup ride map.
That hill is a category 5, the least strenuous rated hill. I’ve done a category 4 twice, damn near died on those, so I try to stick to Category 5’s or unrated hills.
It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.
Sir Edmund Hillary
Day 8 . Missed crunches 30 min water walking did me in.
Day 8 and 9
Day 9 crunches and all.
Day 10 done — totally forgot about the challenge today 
Day 9 and 10 in my killer personal training sesh. I did 80 squats with single arm overhead press with 20 pounds, 60 pushups on dumbbells with forward reaches on each arm in a pyramid sets of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, and1 reps, among other stuff. My core is on 
!
Confess yourself to heaven,
Repent what’s past, avoid what is to come,
And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker.
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Day 10 and 11 done
Day 11 rest
Day 12 complete
Day 12 I had a nice easy recovery ride beforehand, mostly flat, just over an hour. Feelin’ better and better!
Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.
Billy the Shakes, Romeo and Juliet
