I went camping in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This involved a lot of roaming around battlefields/cemetaries, which counts as "exercise" I suppose. But I did about a mile walk/jog around the campground. I did a second more than a mile walk on another day, which left me a shvetty mess. One good thing was that I drank water with every meal I had "out," which I think helps.
I was going to do another killer walk at the cabin, but I had to put exercise as a non-priority when the Internet wasn't working.
I'm heading home on Wednesday (August 12), so I should be back to regular walks plus total body conditioning classes.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Week of July 27 - August 2
The rain has been a thorn in my side this past week. Every time I readied myself to go out for a walk/run, the sky looked menacing. A quick check of weather.com usually said something to the effect of "WARNING: Thunderstorm imminent. You will be soaked and possibly struck by lightning if you try to go outside!" So that meant I had to keep indoors.
As an alternative, I busted out some sort of Dance DVD that I bought ages ago at Walmart. It wasn't bad, and I was amazed how ridiculously sweaty I got! I learned absolutely no moves though. Nothing I could recall anyway. I just remember Gunthar staring at me with a baffled expression and trying to dancing lunges arond my coffee table.
I did manage to fit in some quick walks, however. Plus, I needed to have pity on my Dad's busted back and had to help heave-ho things in preparation for our trip. We drove up on Thursday. Nothing could be done that day, due to the late hour.
Saturday I tried to be ambitious (which always spells trouble). I took a mountain walk from the cabin to the recycle bins, which is about 1.2 miles. I had to charge up a steep hill in the beginning, but the rest was a steady decline and then a leveling out to a flat surface (which I ran). The problem was that about half-a-mile was going uphill. I had to stop several times, unfortunately. And when I got home, I was a shvetty mess. Took a shower and felt proud of myself and all.
Today (Sunday), I have been DYING. I walk around like an old woman because I'm so sore. I definitely needed to do more stretching. Good grief. Hopefully I won't be that way tomorrow, as I'm heading to Gettysburg! YAY!
As an alternative, I busted out some sort of Dance DVD that I bought ages ago at Walmart. It wasn't bad, and I was amazed how ridiculously sweaty I got! I learned absolutely no moves though. Nothing I could recall anyway. I just remember Gunthar staring at me with a baffled expression and trying to dancing lunges arond my coffee table.
I did manage to fit in some quick walks, however. Plus, I needed to have pity on my Dad's busted back and had to help heave-ho things in preparation for our trip. We drove up on Thursday. Nothing could be done that day, due to the late hour.
Saturday I tried to be ambitious (which always spells trouble). I took a mountain walk from the cabin to the recycle bins, which is about 1.2 miles. I had to charge up a steep hill in the beginning, but the rest was a steady decline and then a leveling out to a flat surface (which I ran). The problem was that about half-a-mile was going uphill. I had to stop several times, unfortunately. And when I got home, I was a shvetty mess. Took a shower and felt proud of myself and all.
Today (Sunday), I have been DYING. I walk around like an old woman because I'm so sore. I definitely needed to do more stretching. Good grief. Hopefully I won't be that way tomorrow, as I'm heading to Gettysburg! YAY!
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