Day 17 and 18

Sorry for not posting yesterday. We didn't have much to write about since the day was pretty much like Tuesday. The rain is still coming down but the chance for sunshine tomorrow looks pretty good. With all the rain we have not been able to take our morning walks (replaced with extended pool time) or afternoon hike (replaced by 2 hours on cardio machines in the gym!). We started this morning with our pool workout where I am sure that we did over 1,000 deck jumps...well, at least over 100:) Then we when to the ballroom where Leif had graciously set-up 24ish stations for us to continue the torture on our legs. Five of the stations featured wall sits. A wall sit uses a medicine ball and a sturdy wall (we might have tried on a fake wall - not good!). You lean on the ball against the wall and squat down so your knees are bent at 90 degrees and hold that position for 60 seconds (or longer!). Sounds easy right? Try it! Doing 10 of these was quite the workout for our legs and that does not even include any of the other stations! Our time in the ballroom ended with some farmer suicides. It is amazing to me that Leif could make us hate suicides even more but it is possible - just add 20 pounds in each hand! After lunch we drove to Hermantown to visit the lovely and extremely tough Jill at 4-U Fitness. We were there for 2.5 hours and completed an hour cycling class and a TRX/Kettle bell workout. If that was not enough we also did a short kick boxing session at the end. I think we all left feeling just a little (or a lot!) exhausted.

We must say that this journey is starting to take its mental toll on our brains. It is intense and we can't even remember what it was like when our bodies didn't hurt this much. The staff is wonderful and our roommates are awesome. Please pray for refreshed minds as we continue on our journey. The Lord is faithful and we are going to need His strength to get us through the next two days.

Maybe our hidden superhero powers will kick-in soon....

Until tomorrow,
Nikky and Camille