Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Wonderful support!! Thank you.


Tonight's blog is dedicated to my supporters, donors, friends & family. I am absolutely thrilled with the outpouring of sponsors that have already made donations. The link to my web page is here http://portland07.livestrong.org/debraskibun.- check it out - you guys are awesome - THANK YOU!!!


I spent nearly a full hour on the bikes tonight at the gym. They have a reclining style and an upright style - I like to break it up between the two (at least for now while my bike butt is developing). HOW do those folks that bike hundreds of miles a day do it??? Did some hill work and I can tell I'm getting stronger as the machine only paused twice on me (it does that when you are approaching muscle failure I guess). The first time I did the hill work it was pausing every 30 seconds.


My goal (one of many) for this weekend is to get the mtn bike out and cleaned up and ride a bit on a "real" bike. Tomorrow is starvation day, Friday is camera day. The Dr. promised she'd use two different cameras! I think tomorrow is going to be tougher than Friday. 36 hours without solid food - that'll be a new one for me!


Again, THANK YOU to all of you for your donations, emails, and words of encouragement YOU ARE THE BEST!

Saturday, August 25, 2007

It's official


It's official, I've entered the new media age now, yes? I tried to resist but really needed someplace where I could keep folks informed of my progress for the LiveStrong Challenge coming up next month. Yikes!


So I haven't been riding in, oh, about 3 years & I signed up for a 40 mile bike ride (the one with peddles!). It's a fundraising ride with the Lance Armstrong Foundation. http://www.laf.org/. Anyway, I have some work ahead of me and will keep you posted here of my training progress. You can check out my fundraising efforts http://portland07.livestrong.org/debraskibun. Thank you to everyone that has already donated (since just last night!!).


I'll be heading to the gym tomorrow for some serious time in "the saddle" . . . maybe I'll ride the motorcycle over there.