This year has been a long road back for AES Triathlete Margaret Bishop.  Having begun the year in recovery from knee surgery, Margret had no idea how her knee would react to training.  With a measured, precise, year-long plan, she was able to not only finish her ultimate goal, the Everest Challenge in Bishop, CA, but to finish in the top 5 of her class!  This is no ordinary event, as it features nearly 30,000 feet (8,800m) of climbing in only two days.  There are certainly few better tests for recovered knees!  Now, Margaret is getting some well-deserved rest before beginning her preparation for next year's triathlon season.

This month, AES athlete Joseph Husslein is riding his bike across the country.  Joseph wanted this ride to be more meaningful than simply fulfilling his long-held dream to ride cross-country, so he created the LittleBigRide.  Thus, his ride will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters, of whose program he himself is an alumnus.  Read more about the LittleBigRide here:

http://www.littlebigride.org/

Read his daily blog here:

http://www.littlebigride.org/blog/

and, follow Joseph via Twitter:

http://twitter.com/husslein