Fatigue

I brought my sister to boot camp.
“You’re spending the night?” I asked. (She was coming into town for the evening.) “Great. You can come to boot camp with me.”
My sister is hard core. She played hockey and football with boys until she was 14 years old. Her elementary school principal [...]

Euphoria

Dear Boot Camp Diary,
I spent about 75 seconds On Tuesday in a full gymnastic bridge, with my forehead on the ground, back arched, hips high, feet flat on the ground. I have been working into the position slowly. The world was throbbing and bright when I righted myself. Pulsing and vibrant.
Heroin! [...]

Reeling it In

I got my ass handed to me this morning and I didn’t even have enough left to say, “Thank you.”
I was off. Tired. Tapped.
Monday mornings now come at me with a full dose of dread. More than your usual Monday mornings – these are soul-crushing and ass-kicking with the anticipation of another work [...]

What a Morning

I forgot.
I had forgotten how much I love running hills. I mean – I love running hills. Steep, long, whatever. Give them to me. I love them.
We ran a couple today in Boot Camp and my body perked up and said, “Hey. We know what this is…”
In San Francisco I [...]

Boot Camp, Week 2

Boot Camp, Week 2
Boot Camp was canceled yesterday so Tuesday night felt like Friday and then last night felt like Sunday. How’s that for confusing?
Luckily, we were back on for this morning and the roads are just melted enough to make me feel comfortable driving. I had my bike all geared up and [...]

Motivation

Boot Camp is one of the hardest things that I have done. And that means something because I thrive on making myself suffer.
I woke up today to sore arms, aching abs, burning quads, glutes on fire. I went to the window to peek outside. It was 4:50am. I had only gotten [...]

Boot Camp Intake

I met Daniel today.
He is the Boot Camp Instructor.
We did an pre-camp eval which included measurements, a weigh-in and a body fat measurement.  I’ve never had my body fat measured before and the whole plastic calipers thing really made me feel impossibly large.  I took it in stride – I appreciate the fact that part [...]