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Still worth all of the sacrifice when I won my first meet at by kellykapowski

ND. Depending on the day, I still get between 16,000-20,000 steps each day, but I haven’t been running much or Peloton cycling. I’m really looking forward to being “normal” again. I’m the female teacher chaperone on our 6th grade’s Outdoor Ed camp in a little over a week and will be leading a 12 mi hike up the mountain by Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara. Our male teacher chaperone will be escorting those who opt out of the hike on a day boat excursion on the lake. The hike won’t be an issue and I would still choose it over the boat ride. FWIW, our male chaperone teacher is a diehard ND fan. I think that the pre-teen girl angst will be less on a long hike up and down the mountain, as opposed to a day long boat ride though. May the odds be ever in his favor! If we were sharks, we wouldn’t be able to experience the beauty outside the water.