Now Where Was I?
More catching up...
Yes, I fractured my hand on an apple-peeler-corer-slicer. Imagine karate chopping a metal bar, and you'll get the idea.
Last time we were here (before the broken-hand interruption), I was wooing you with a Fitness Life and 900s report. Now if that isn't excitement, I'm not sure what is.
Fitness Life (Joshism) opened last weekend, and my kids were begging to go. We skipped church (super bad!) and went to the gym. It is amazing. The kids' area is awesome, and older kids will not mind going there one bit with computers, a huge indoor playscape, and their own basketball court. I think there is an outdoor play area, too.
After dropping the boys off, David and I walked around looking at everything. I'm so excited about the pools. I will be able to swim laps regardless of the weather, and I know my kids will be happy in the kids' area. There is an indoor leisure pool with two big straw slides, a mushroom fountain, and water shoots. There were so many families there Sunday evening when David took the boys back to the pool. It was quite overwhelming.
We ended up in the cardio area. I'm not a fan of indoor gym cardio, but sometimes you do what you gotta do. I really didn't want to workout since it was a day off for me, so we rode bikes for 15 minutes. We then went to do Gilbert's core workout with medicine balls, but I couldn't catch the ball thanks to my broken hand (at this point I hadn't seen the doctor yet). So we did some crunches and "Smash It!" and other ab things.
Did you know there is a family basketball court and a cafe? It's so worth joining if you have a family. We got the boys and played some basketball (why are the goals at normal height in the family basketball area??). After hoops, we ate in the cafe, which we promised ourselves would not become a habit. Did you know you don't even need cash or a debit card b/c they can use your gym ID? How very clever of them and dangerous for the rest of us.
Monday...
900s, 2nd favorite workout. You know, I probably love Meriden more than this one, but it's been eons since we did Meriden so I have forgotten. I ran over from Runtex thinking I was behind everyone, and I ran way too fast for a warmup. Turns out, Gayatri arrived at Runtex a few minutes after me so was behind me the whole way.
The weather was really pleasant, but that sewer smell down near the pool and train track was there again. It didn't used to be there, but the past year or so of doing 900s, it's there. If you are bored at that point of your run, you can hold your breath and see what happens to your pace.
I did three at a reasonable time, faster than I wanted since it's supposed to be a "comfortable pace." A bunch of folks lined up to do a fourth even though Coach had said three, but I didn't. I needed to leave and planned to head back to Runtex. Coach starts a speech, so I end up getting a ride back with Sage Sarah after his talk is over. I think around this time is when I promised my class that I would see my doctor about my hand.
My legs felt pretty pooped on the last repeat, but overall it was a good workout. I wish I had time to run back to Runtex, but Time waits for no Mommy.
Yes, I fractured my hand on an apple-peeler-corer-slicer. Imagine karate chopping a metal bar, and you'll get the idea.
Last time we were here (before the broken-hand interruption), I was wooing you with a Fitness Life and 900s report. Now if that isn't excitement, I'm not sure what is.
Fitness Life (Joshism) opened last weekend, and my kids were begging to go. We skipped church (super bad!) and went to the gym. It is amazing. The kids' area is awesome, and older kids will not mind going there one bit with computers, a huge indoor playscape, and their own basketball court. I think there is an outdoor play area, too.
After dropping the boys off, David and I walked around looking at everything. I'm so excited about the pools. I will be able to swim laps regardless of the weather, and I know my kids will be happy in the kids' area. There is an indoor leisure pool with two big straw slides, a mushroom fountain, and water shoots. There were so many families there Sunday evening when David took the boys back to the pool. It was quite overwhelming.
We ended up in the cardio area. I'm not a fan of indoor gym cardio, but sometimes you do what you gotta do. I really didn't want to workout since it was a day off for me, so we rode bikes for 15 minutes. We then went to do Gilbert's core workout with medicine balls, but I couldn't catch the ball thanks to my broken hand (at this point I hadn't seen the doctor yet). So we did some crunches and "Smash It!" and other ab things.
Did you know there is a family basketball court and a cafe? It's so worth joining if you have a family. We got the boys and played some basketball (why are the goals at normal height in the family basketball area??). After hoops, we ate in the cafe, which we promised ourselves would not become a habit. Did you know you don't even need cash or a debit card b/c they can use your gym ID? How very clever of them and dangerous for the rest of us.
Monday...
900s, 2nd favorite workout. You know, I probably love Meriden more than this one, but it's been eons since we did Meriden so I have forgotten. I ran over from Runtex thinking I was behind everyone, and I ran way too fast for a warmup. Turns out, Gayatri arrived at Runtex a few minutes after me so was behind me the whole way.
The weather was really pleasant, but that sewer smell down near the pool and train track was there again. It didn't used to be there, but the past year or so of doing 900s, it's there. If you are bored at that point of your run, you can hold your breath and see what happens to your pace.
I did three at a reasonable time, faster than I wanted since it's supposed to be a "comfortable pace." A bunch of folks lined up to do a fourth even though Coach had said three, but I didn't. I needed to leave and planned to head back to Runtex. Coach starts a speech, so I end up getting a ride back with Sage Sarah after his talk is over. I think around this time is when I promised my class that I would see my doctor about my hand.
My legs felt pretty pooped on the last repeat, but overall it was a good workout. I wish I had time to run back to Runtex, but Time waits for no Mommy.
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