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Hey everyone, 

Well some of you may know that the LA marathon happened just recently. It is always fun to hear about all of the people that ran in the marathon from APU and most of the time you can see them hobbling around campus. 26 miles is a long way. I actually participated in the LA marathon this year… but I hate running. So I did the LA Bike Tour, which is a 21+ mile ride through the streets of LA with 20,000 other riders. It generally follows the same route as the runners. It was packed with people on all sorts of bikes. The ride was a lot fun and it was neat to be able to ride through LA with no traffic, well at least no motor vehicle traffic! At times it was a little slow going but with that many people it is to be expected. I did the ride with the rest of my family, so I drove down and met them at the hotel Saturday night which was in the perfect location. We woke up Sunday morning and literally rode from our room, out the lobby, and down the sidewalk to the starting line.
 

This last Wednesday was the Common Day of Learning. This means that all of the normal Wednesday classes are canceled and there are a variety of different seminars, group discussions, and presentations that take place. None of the activities started until a little later in the day so my buddy Jaycen and I decided we would go on a little bike ride. We started at my apartment and rode up to the San Gabriel River trail that heads southwest 41 miles to Seal Beach. We left about 6:05am and were eating breakfast by the beach looking over the water around 8:20 am. Unfortunately we were in a bit of a rush, both needing to be back be 12:00 noon. We finished up breakfast and started our 41 mile struggle home. The ride back inland was tough, fairly up hill, and being tired from the first half of the ride didn’t help our cause. All in all it was a great ride. We both made it back in time for our commitments and I can’t wait to do it again… and no flats!! WOO HOO!!!

School is great but I can’t wait till Spring Break.

That’s all for now,

Josh