This morning, Jenn, the founder of Basic Training, invited the team to work out together with a guest trainer, Alhaji Turay. Jenn invited me to join them and of course I wanted to participate! I woke up 4 times last night because I was so nervous…. A workout with a bunch of super-fit people and….me! Oh well, thankfully I like the challenge :) My fears were baseless, the workout was so much fun! When I arrived at the meeting point, Alhaji was putting together some equipment, which included a baseball bat (which Jenn called the “motivation tool”…), a bag filled with rice and many heavy weights. Alhaji did a great job keeping us busy and showing us new exercises. I did them better than expected. For example, I had to drag a 130 pound weight across the green and back (he said “I don’t care how you do it, just do it!”), and later he told me to carry Rachael piggy-back across the green (and of course, she had to carry me, too…). I never thought I could carry a person but it wasn’t bad at all. I reached my limits when he asked me to do 10 regular pull ups – I can’t do one single pull up without assistance…! We also worked out with kettle balls (some of which were 30 pounds heavy), did agility training, push ups and we also worked out our abs, it was a great mix of exercises. I definitely had a great time working out with the team! My back feels pretty sore now.
I ran approximately 3 miles out to “Hopper’s hands” to break in my new trail running shoes and to relax my muscles this afternoon. It was meant to be a recovery jog, kind of slow but enjoyable. It was very windy and my feet started to hurt after the first mile. I hope that it’ll get better after a few runs, the shoes don’t feel comfortable yet. I’ll head to a Bar Method class with Keryun tonight and then I will probably sleep like a baby….
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