No Title. Just ugggghhhh...

I am still recovering from the gym this afternoon.  Our lovely instructor decided that since the weather was so nice, we'd do Tread & Shed outside.  WHAT?!  See...  I'm not a runner.  I run/jog when I can or I do a fast walk.  We're all getting nowhere fast on the treadmill, so who can tell how far you've gone?!  But outside, like ACTUAL running--You're gonna be able to tell that I'm last!  I was so not excited.

We warmed up inside for about 10 minutes.  Then she had us go outside..  Her tactic was for us to start out in a line.  And when she said switch, the person in the back had to sprint to the front of the line.  And so and so on..  (This made me think of Buzz on Home Alone...  The order of opening presents.  "Then I'll go, and the rest of you, and so on.")  Except I never made it to the front.  I did start out running.  I figured I'd better just get in the back to begin with and save everyone else the bother.  There were two women behind me.  One was about at my pace.  But the other one really couldn't keep up and had to walk.  So Shannon asked if I would stay with her and we could "motivate" each other!  Heck, yeah!  It's like when you get to leave class to walk the sick kid to the nurse's office!  Sign me up.

So we did a brisk walk and then some sprints..  Shannon is insane!  We walked/ran from Trolley Road, all the way down Midland Parkway to Ladson Road, and then back.  To those of you not familiar with  Summerville, SC..  It was about 3 miles after all the other crap we did.  I apologize to anyone who saw my lady lumps bouncing along Midland Parkway.  I fully expected to get texts/facebook posts from people I know asking if that was me this afternoon.  Yes, unfortunately it was.

The other crap:  You know those cement parking pole thingies they have in front of like Target or something?  I guess so a car doesn't crash through the doors.  Anyway, they have those in front of the gym windows.  We had to do side shuffles between all the poles like a million times.  Then she made each of us stand in front of one and then jump and like lift yourself up.  We did 40 of those.  Well...  we were SUPPOSED to do 40 of those...  I felt sorry for the poor people on the other side of the glass watching our jiggly bits go up and down.  The whole time I was humming to myself, "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard..."

THEN she took us to the side of the gym parking lot and we did sprints down and side shuffles back.  Sprint down again and side shuffle back with the other leg.  I thought I was going to vomit after those shuffles.  (WHO INVENTED THE SIDE SHUFFLE?!  I HATE HIM!  You know it was a man!)  Then she had us race against each other in twos.  Maggie and I decided to go against each other to save ourselves the embarrassment of going against someone else.  I actually took off really fast and Maggie had to push it to keep up.  ;)  She did beat me by a tad, but I like to think I held my own!

We went back inside to stretch and my legs were like Jell-O.  My butt and back are still sore.  Why my butt?!  I think it was those pole jump thingies.  Ugh.  Hate.  And Shannon said it was probably the cold air...  But we were all wheezing and coughing.  My chest is still kind of tight.  I seriously had to talk myself out of ralphing.

But I guess on the upside, it's preparation for the Dolphin Run 5k I'm doing next weekend with Maggie, Sam and Cliff.  (There's still time to sign up if you want to do it!)  Speaking of which...  things are going wonderfully with Cliff (my tall, handsome man-friend).  I'm really happy he's doing the run with me!  Part of me hopes he's huffing and puffing to keep up with me.  And then I remembered his legs are twice as long as mine.  No, literally.

I'm still looking for a job!  Somewhat unsuccessfully at the moment, I must admit.  But I'm trying to stay positive.  Thanks for reading.  :)