Day 1 - March 27th

So the goal for today was a nice easy 10 mile bike ride. My chosen path, the Jordan River Parkway. My wife and son were going to take the opportunity to bask in the nice sunlight and take a walk while i hopefully biked 5 miles in one direction and then 5 in return. I made it out to the 2.5 mile marker and found one of the tunnels flooded. Being the wonderfully bright guy that i am, i figured that if i built up momentum and kept my feet level at the highest point, i could just ride through it with no problems. Well about 1/3 of the way through, my speed falling and the water already at the base of my shoes and rising i realized my mistake. It was quite a bit deeper than i had anticipated. After making it through the water my feet felt like sponges. Soaked and dripping. I decided continuing would be a bad idea so i turned around. I met my wife somewhere around the 1.7 mile mark and let her know i would take my bike to the car and then walk back to meet her. At the car i had 5 miles ridden at an average speed of 13.5 MPH. Not a bad start to the training program as long as i can avoid any more 18 inch deep puddles for the rest of the time.