So, while bootcamp came to a conclusion, that is
most definitely NOT the end of the story. Quite the opposite, in
fact. I’m starting over…YET AGAIN. Ugh. I severely dislike
when I’m reading another person’s blog and they’re always writing about starting
over…almost every single post they write. So, granted, I don’t think I’m
annoying in that respect in that I’m not starting over again every single time
I write a post, but it feels like it to me. I just feel like I can’t get
a handle on things. I burned myself out with running last year by running
almost 1300 miles and 31 races. Don’t think that means I don’t love to
run anymore because I still very much do love to run, I just don’t currently
have the motivation to run as frequently as I did last year. I’m
averaging about 52.5 miles a month. So far for April I have just shy of
14 miles. Hahahaha! I’m guessing I might get up to 30-35 miles this
month. Not really concerned about it right now, though. I might do
more. I do still have to make up that half marathon that got canceled so
I can “earn” my medal and feel okay hanging it on my wall….when I get another
medal rack, that is. I have like 6 medals waiting for me to buy a new
rack that are currently just hanging out on my desk.
So, I mentioned that the end of bootcamp wasn’t
the end of it all. I mentioned in my last post that I had signed up for
the Gold’s Studio package. The Studio package includes the “premium”
group classes. You know most gyms have Body Pump, Zumba, yoga, pilates,
step class, etc. Well, certain Gold’s locations also have classes called
Gold’s Fit and Gold’s Burn. Gold’s Fit is a class that is modeled after
crossfit. Gold’s Burn is the same general idea as the workouts done at
Orange Theory Fitness.
So, this past Thursday, I did my first Studio
class! I did the Gold’s Burn class. The coach was one of the
coaches from the bootcamp class, Angela. I like her a lot and have
serious thigh envy of her thighs. They’re amazing and strong and I want
mine to look like that. They’ll get there. So, I started on the
treadmill and we did intervals between walk, jog, run, sprint, and then
different levels of incline too. After that, we moved to floor work where
we did some strength training circuits. Then back to the treadmill for
more intervals and then one more time with the floor work. I burned
almost 400 calories in an hour…pretty great!
After my Gold's Burn class, I went to Marshall's to see if I could find a new water bottle for the gym since I left my good bottle at the gym a couple weeks ago and have been using a backup bottle that I don't super like. Well, I found a great bottle. It's only 20 oz. But it was so cute that I couldn't pass it up. Don't you agree?
I had a pretty crazy busy go-go-go type of day on Saturday. I want to preface this by saying how I really,
really wanted to go to karaoke Friday night, but ultimately decided that I needed
sleep more. I woke up a little after 6am
on Saturday and headed to the Austin State Hospital campus and picked up my packet
and then hung out in my car until my friends Rob and Ben arrived. The race went pretty well. Again, just like with the Austin 10/20, I am
still not at what I would consider a level of training that would allow me to
run “fast.” Yet, I pushed myself and I finished
in 27:02 and snagged another golden bunny award for placing 3rd in
my age group! I’d also like to point out
that is my 2nd fastest 5k time…but only by 20 seconds. Oh and for the first 1/3 or so of a mile, I was
sub-7:00! Yea, I know that was pretty
stupid of me, but it felt great so I went with it. Someday that will be my norm for a 5k for the
entire thing. Someday.
After waiting around for the awards ceremony, I hauled ass
to RunLab for my physical therapy. It would
really do me a lot more good if I actually did my PT homework instead of just
thinking about it. Thinking about doing
it will do me no good at all. None! So, I really would like to TRY and make a
point to work on that. We’ll see what
happens. I think I’ll set some calendar
reminders on my phone. After PT I again
hauled ass, this time to make it to my gym in time for the 11am Gold’s Fit
class I’d signed up for. I loved this
class. Loved it! La-la-la-loved it. Seriously.
I’m signed up for another Fit class for tomorrow morning and I’m really
looking forward to it.
Yesterday was my friend Hannah’s birthday, so I went to the
mall hunting for a really good present for her.
Sadly, I didn’t find anything at all for her. On another note, I found plenty for
myself. Haha. I got 3 new dresses.
I also bought 4 new pairs of gauges. I was pretty dang excited when I found the
donut ones…pink icing with sprinkles! I couldn’t
resist them. There was just 1 set left
in my gauge size. It was meant to be.
Anyway, I met Hannah, her roommate and another lady named
Jen at Chuy’s Tex-Mex restaurant for Hannah’s birthday dinner. Since I felt bad for not having her present
last night, I had the waiter put her meal on my ticket on the sly. Then we went to karaoke and had a pretty good
time. There was an embarrassingly drunk
woman that kept coming over to our table and being loud and obnoxious. I’m sure she’s a nice lady when she’s sober
but OMG she was so obnoxious and said so many offensive things. After she left, these 2 guys, Nate and Ruben,
came over to our table and bought us a few drinks. I danced with Ruben a few times and that was
fun. Turns out that just because you don’t
2-step for over 10 years doesn’t mean you forget how to do it...who
knew?!?! Hahaha. And like a bad friend, I completely spaced on
taking pictures the entire night. Oops. Well, actually, I did take one picture…of
that Nate guy wearing Hannah’s “Birthday Bitch” headband tiara thing.
Then I slept a GLORIOUS 8 hours last night. I set no alarm and just slept until I woke
up! Then I decided that I’m just going
to wear repeat costumes to Sherwood Forest Faire next weekend. I just don’t feel like sewing right now, so
no new costumes will be made at this time.
I have some time off put in for a few days in June that were supposed to
be for competing in the Texas Police Games (I was going to run the 5k and 10k),
but I changed my mind about that for financial reasons. If the vacation gets approved, I’ll just use
that time for cleaning my apt and for costume making.
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