Most Keeners participate in another sport besides kayaking. I came into Keeners after completing a 17.5 hour hill climb on my bike. Naturally I didn't want to lose all my fitness that I had gained over the past few months.
As you probably know kayaking uses your upper body and my primary sport is Mountain Biking which stresses you legs. With The Shanandoah 100 and potential a 24 hour race in the near future mantaning fitness was something I wanted to do. So me and Davis decided to run in the mornings. The first run was hard I hadn't ran scense I broke my arm last year.
I ran the day before I came to Keeners and the seven mile route took me 40 minutes longer then I thought it would. Sorry Mom. It was not an encouraging experiance. Davis actully runs so I figured it would be fun to chase Davis for a few weeks. The first run was hard. After a few miles I had a side stich I was concerned about recovering from kayaking and running so we took it easy for the first week. After a few runs I started to find a rythem. It is still hard to wake up at 6:30 in the morning but it is becoming more enjoyable. I am looking forward to continuing to run over the next week of Keeners.
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