Well, today was the start of our construction of the stands. In order to make the stands we had to cream 3 foot deep holes in the ground ( a mix of asphalt, concrete and fill). My scrawny cyclist body is not designed to handle a jackhammer, and it was obvious once we started. The jack hammer would throw me around like a rag doll as I tried (without much success) to drill through the first layer of asphalt. Lucky I had my sponsor, and a contractor to help out with the jackhammer and auger ( a huge piece of machinery that drills through the ground).
Unbelievably, after a day of hard labor, and non stop pain we finished all nine holes needed for the support for the stands. Today has taught me that I'm not cut out for hard labor, and I better do well in college. I'm still sore from Monday's efforts.
I have a couple photos I need to add once I'm off my phone, and back at home. Sorry about the lateness of this blog and any others, I have not been home very much this week and haven't really spent more than an hour at home without running off to do something.
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