NEVER FORGET

Have a safe holiday and remember why we celebrate.

NORMANDY, FRANCE

I decided to go for a run this morning instead of doing a yoga class. I thought leaving at 8 would still be cool enough but guess again, I was wrong. I headed up towards the park where I could get a drink of water and then continued on the trails. Usually I take water with me but for some reason I decided I didn't need to, wrong again. I reached the second fountain on the trail and not only drank but also put water on my arms and face. On I continued and it seemed to just get warmer, now I was walking the hills. I knew there was one more fountain before home so headed towards it for my last drink. Total miles for the morning 5.25

START AT THE KASTLE

I wanted to get a short run in today but was bored with my regular route so decided to drive to the Kastle and start from there.
Next weekend I am doing a 5K that starts at the Kastle so I thought I would try and figure out what the course might be. There are definitely going to be some hills and part of the course will be in the sun. The only thing different will be that the race starts at 8 and I was on the trails at 9.

I was doing okay until the hills, with the heat I was starting to wilt and needed to walk up some of them. It wasn't my best time but I still have a week to get ready.

ORANGE ALERT

We had an orange alert for air pollution today so boot camp was inside this morning, except for running our 1 mile warm up. I figured this would be great but soon found out it was just as hot inside. The air was on but hadn't really kicked in yet and we were working really hard.
There were 7 of us so Heidi set up 2 circuits of 4 exercises. We had to do 12 reps 3 times and then we switched circuits. My struggle was with the one where we hold a medicine ball rollback on our back and than forward and stand up. I can't get my butt off the floor to stand up. I guess I'll have to work on this at home.

IT'S SUMMER

This is another picture of our hoop class on Saturday. Everyone I talked with this morning had really enjoyed it and I think they will do it again.
This morning after our 1 mile warm up we headed over to the parking lot for a circuit of 5 exercises with 20 reps. They were the following:
crunches of your choice
push ups
squats with shoulder press
pull the sled down the length of parking spaces and back
Repeat 2 times
We also had some running thrown in at the end and then a nice stretch.
It was warm this morning but there was a nice breeze that help keep me cool. The weather here is going to hit the 90's all this week. I guess it's summer

HOOP-DE-DO

Learning to use the hoop.

Remember those hoola hoops we all used as a kid? Today there is hoopnotica, weighted hoops to work out with and this morning at 8 there was a class at the gym to try this. I must say I had my doubts, I can't even do it on the wii but I signed up anyways.

There were eleven of us and most of them got the hang of it right away. I was having difficulty keeping it going and was thinking maybe I would be a drop out, but then it clicked and the hoop kept going around and around.

We were showed how to pivot and walk and move sideways. Hey I was having trouble just keeping it going without all the fancy footwork.

I think everyone enjoyed the class and several of us bought our hoops. Mine is pink stripped and I will be taking it with me when I go to Maine.

FRESH PASTA

My arms and legs feel like the fresh pasta I made in Italy, all limp and hanging to dry on the stools. I didn't think boot camp could get harder but they keep challenging us. This morning Heidi had us out in the parking lot to do a muscle fatigue circuit. We did the following.
50 push ups
50 squats
50 lunges
50 push ups
50 squats
50 lunges
Run a lap around the parking lot
Repeat two more times.

When we finished we had done 300 of the above.
Did she fatigue my muscles, hell yes!