While there were many awesome things about this summer, I have to say that taking care of my personal health was not a high priority. My exercise levels were low and my eating was poor. I hate hot weather, so I spent way too much time inside, much of it sitting in front of a…
Category: cross training
Cross Training: Pure Barre Review
When Patty and April suggested we use the topic “cross training” for this week’s Tuesdays on the Run, I just laughed. After all, that meant my post was basically going to be: Cross training: I don’t. But that didn’t seem like a very good post, so I went out and cross trained. Seriously, the things…
Friday Five: Favorite Fitness Activities
When the ladies of the DC Trifecta (Mar, Cynthia, and Courtney) suggested “Five favorite fitness activities” as the topic for today, my initial response was “I only run”. And, well, that may be true right at the moment, but it wasn’t always that way. I mean, running will be my number one love as long…
I’m so fickle
Apparently I’m in love with running again. Or not. But tomorrow I might be. I feel like a 13 year old girl with her first crush. It seems I only love running when the weather is perfect and the timing is right. And, as one might expect from Virginia in August, it’s hot and humid…
The best laid plans…
The plan: Take the kids to camp and then hit the gym for 30 minutes of elliptical and lower body weights. The reality: I could not find parking anywhere near the gym. It’s attached to a middle school, so I think there must have been some sort of back to school thing going on. I…
Something new: TNT Fitness
I’ve been really trying to shake things up around here. I’m running pain free again, which generally means I drop all cross training and just get my run on. For once, I’m trying to be smart and not do that. I had a good run at the relay on Saturday and slow but pain free…
Functional Cross Training
Remember that basement renovation I’ve mentioned? Well, I got a call from my contractor this morning saying they’d be here in an hour!! Holy Crap!! I quickly dropped Jones off at school and then got one of Shoo’s friends to take him to their house. I spent the next 1.5 hours dumping stuff in laundry…
Three Things Thursday
1. I joined a gym. Really. And I even did my first work out there. Our county has several really good gyms and it’s a really small county, so there are two really close to my house. Their annual fee is reasonable, but I wasn’t ready for that commitment. As a pilot program, they are…
Why am I even posting?
Not a whole lot has changed around here… I’m still undecided on the whole marathon thing; I’m still working on booking stuff in Alaska; I’m still emotionally unstable (perimenopause kicks PMS’ a$$) Despite the fact that I’ve put aside my marathon decision until a point in time where I can make a decision without crying…
Cross Training
I’m pretty much just a runner. I don’t bike. I don’t swim. I very seldom do videos or take classes. But the last few days, I’ve done more cross training than I have in a very long time. I’ve shoveled snow, I’ve chipped ice off of our unplowed street, I’ve pulled Shoo and Jones around…