Day Two: And the rain shall come...

I was told on day one that we would meet for boot camp rain or shine. This seems a little funny to me, seeing that we meet before the sun even rises!! But, he was very right when he said that we would be meeting in the rain. And rain it did. We started out in the parking garage and did exercises there first. We did 5 sets of 10-15 reps each of jumping jacks, pushups, squats, static lunges, burpees (where you start staninding, do a pushup, then jump up again), running in a pushup position, and last but not least running up to the next level of the garage. After all of that, we ran down the garage back to the first level and proceeded to lift weights there. We did more squats, military presses, bicep curls, and triceps. Then we ran in the rain for over a mile. Oh yeah, I forgot about the challenge after all that weight lifting. He chose two of us (and yes, he chose me) to challenge each other to a duel to see who could do the most standing military presses. This other girl and I did it for several minutes before he finally called it a tie. My shoulders are still shaking from that, and maybe from the 30 min (100 lap) swim in my pool on Tuesday afternoon. Or maybe it's all the whirlpools I've been doing at work lately. At any rate, I wasn't too terribly sore after the first day, but I'm pretty sore and tired now. Not to mention that today wrapped up 10 days in a row at work. Tomorrow is my last day this week and then I get a four day weekend. Oh well that I still am getting up at 4:15 am on my two days off of work :) I'll let you know if I'm able to roll out of bed tomorrow. I'm predicting soreness! At least I've been sticking to my diet.

Mom, hope that you feel better. Happy birthday Uncle Jimmy. And, Carrie, have fun moving in!!!! (Even if you are at that other school in North Carolina!) Don't stress too much, and have a great time. College is way more fun than the working world, so stay there as long as you can... I sure tried ;)

Day One Begins

DAY ONE OF BOOT CAMP!!!!

I got up this morning at 4:10 am, got dressed, drove to boot camp, and proceeded to work out for an hour and half. I couldn't stop yawning until we started running. Here's the breakdown of the workout....

Jumping jacks, jump rope, run 1.5 miles. Start lifting arms... which means lots of pushups, bench presses, flys, jumping, squats, crunches and leg lifts with the exercise ball. Finally we ran another 1.1 mile. Oh yeah, and we ran 1/4 mile in the middle of all the lifting.

Then I sprinted home, took a 5 min shower, and got to work. This was a long day, but pretty good overall. I'm pretty tired now and will probably go to bed early again. I'll keep you posted on how sore I am tomorrw. I'm hungry, so I'm off to grab some food. (Of course now I have to start dieting too....)

08-08-08 Opening Day

Today is the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing. Hope that you are wearing a mask in honor of the athletes over there that are having to endure the horrible pollution and air quality. Thank goodness for the tree huggers here in the US.

As for me, I rested yesterday and today had my opening day to boot camp. I had my assessment this afternoon, which included running 1.1 miles, 1 min of push-ups, 1 min of sit-ups, heart rate testing, body fat measurements, circumference measurements (like arm, leg, waist, bust, hips), and of course weight. I ran the entire mile in about 12 min, which was the farthest that I have ran without walking in quite a long time.

Did y'all see the drummer dudes?? Like 2008 of them together in perferct syncronization?? Amazing. Well, this is my weekend to work. As of right now I have 3 WP's tomorrow nad 4 on Sunday. (WP is whirlpool/wound care for those unfamiliar with my shorthand).

I'm off to watch history. Mom, enjoy your time out west. I just that bud commerical with Hank the horse in training.

Early Running

I did it... I woke up at 5:30am and went for an early morning run. I did intervals of 2 min walk, 2 min run. It was pretty humid, but there was a breeze. And at the finish, the sun was rising. How cool. Then this morning Connie came back to work and then I got to see Jackie's wedding pictures. How fun the late 80's/early 90's hairdos were... not to mention the dresses! But, hey... pepto-bismol did NOT drench the church like it did for Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias. The pictures were quite good. Ok, back to work. Hasta till tomorrow.

Back in the Swing

I woke with a bang at 5 am and went to the gym in my shiny new shoes. Feel good so far. I lifted my arms and legs today, and then did 20 min on the bike on hill mode level 12. After the drawf left me alone, the chocolate fairy visited and I have been craving the hazelnut-choco combo like nothing else. Thank goodness my superhero Cassie came to save the day by bringing a baggie of absolutely wonderful chocolate shells.

That's really it for today. Nothing much new to say. I'm hoping tomorrow to go for a run in the AM before the temps raise up to the 100's (heat index, that is). Till then, bring on the chocolate.

Goals for this week:
1. Work out at least 4 days this week.
2. Go to the assessment Friday afternoon.
3. Begin the break-in process for the new shoes by running.

The Dwarf Jumps

This past weekend, I was incredibly lazy and enjoyed every minute of it. Today, I decided not get up this morning due to the dwarf that was jumping up and down on my uterus, AKA Aunt Flo came to town to terrorize the neighborhood. Now that the day is over, I am slowly beginning to return to some semblance of feeling normal. I WILL get up tomorrow morning. No question. So, for now I'm going to sit here eating the last piece of mom's banana bread, drink some soothing hot tea, and watch Thursday's rerun of Grey's Anatomy, again.

Good news is Friday I go for my assessment in order to start Boot Camp next Monday morning. Here is Chief Big Daddy's thought of the day:

Start living now. Stop sleeping, and whining your life away. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day that you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God. Don't waste them.

TGIF and the weekend

Yesterday I was the gym at the ripe time of 5am. I lifted my arms and did 25 min on the eliptical. Unfortunately, my feet started bothering me, so I persuaded my favorite mom to get me a new pair of running shoes (after much research). Other than that, I've been pretty lazy today. I painted my toe nails for Cassie's wedding tonight and watched Dr. Doolittle. Tomorrow I'll take the newbies for a trial run. :)

Here is a picture that my dad sent of the sunset of some road in the middle of absolute nowhere Washington.