I made it! No side effects other than a sore arm. Whew!
PM: 10 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.
Part of today's lesson in AP U.S. History was about the 1881 assassination of President Garfield by a deranged stalwart who believed that government jobs should be handed out based on party loyalty. This led to the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service act which mandated that civil service jobs be awarded based on merit and competative exams, not loyalty to one president or party. A young Theodore Roosevelt became one of the first civil service commissioners. A big step forward for the country.
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