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Made Margarita Shrimp for dinner, so yummy! I don't know why I don't cook more often. Something about lack of time and money for good ingredients. Well tonight I think I outdid myself. The only other time I remember being this satisfied by a meal was the first time I made Almond Crusted Salmon, cauliflower "mashed potato's" and steamed asparagus.

I spent the last week backpacking through the Wallawa's in Oregon with a group of 14 year old girls. It was my first time not car camping and I was kinda nervous going into it. I thought I would be scared about being all "alone" in the woods, especially since my tent was a Bivy I borrowed from a guy at work. He offered it to me so I could "live on the edge, and really challenge yourself this week".

This week was so different than what I expected. Not once was I nervous or scared about anything I would encounter. Physically I was more than OK and even got one of the other leaders into doing Crossfit. I kept waiting for God to make a big reveal about my life during the week but He didn't. I was perfectly content the entire week and I think that's what God wanted to show me. My life is good and I am happy. He has brought me so far over the past few months and the only thing I can attribute to it is His grace and the strength He has instilled in me.

I think the hardest part was trying to eat clean. I brought most of my own food but had to cheat on a few nights because I was so hungry, my digestive system did not like my cheating. I also survived mostly on Clif Bars, dehydrated foods, almonds, and dried fruit.

I'm starting to get bogged down with the Tri training and I'm sure most of it was because I had a pretty depressing workout on Saturday when I got back.

Bike 13.1 miles 59:40 (goal was under an hour, yay!)

Run 2 miles 25:41

Absolutely horrible! I got off my bike and began running but my legs were so heavy and my knees hurt so bad, then I had cramps in like 3 different places during the entire run. I had to keep focusing on my breathing very intensely to keep from being in utterly horrible pain. I really hope this isn't an indication of my performance on the day of the Tri b/c I can't handle that pain again. I pushed through it but it was tough, tougher than anything I've had to push through in a long time (physically speaking).