I can hardly believe that summer is over … and also almost officially over. It was a crazy summer. We were traveling practically every other weekend all summer, except a notable 4 week stretch in which we traveled two weekends in a row and then were home for two weekends (that was when we goofed on the dates for family reunion, so it wasn’t planned).
A few of the weekends we didn’t travel we had races. But despite those races, it wasn’t a great summer for running. Usually we do our long runs on the weekend and it’s difficult at best to get those in when you’re out of town. I have successfully snuck them in when we’ve gotten home on Sunday, but usually there’s so much to do I have to dive into things like laundry and putting away and getting ready for the week.
But I did do one very important thing fitness wise this summer … I got reacquainted with Robyn. Robyn is my best friend/worst enemy 3 days a week. She is the coach at Front Range Adventure Bootcamp. Three times a week at the slightly insane hour of 5:15, I arrive at her gym with a bunch of other women, mostly moms aged 26-45, and we do the workout of the day. We run. We do pushups. We hold plank for minutes at a time. We do pullups, ring-dips, squats, lunges, Romanian dead-lifts, Turkish get-ups, hand-stand pushups, and I could go on and on.
Thanks in large part to running but in equal part to Robyn’s “abuse” I am quite strong and in better shape than I’ve probably been in since high school. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not svelte or lean, but I’m smaller … a medium, not a large. And right now I’m maintaining and feeling pretty good. But long term, I’d like to really concentrate my efforts not only on my workouts, but also my food, and lose a few more pounds. I know it would help my running and it wouldn’t bother my vanity either. We can still be vain, right?
So fall is here … and it’s time to get back into a routine. More running … and more mindful eating. But first I need to get through 2.5 weeks of travel.