Best Team EVER

I have a WONDERFUL team filled with people who cheer me on (and I, them) and we have fun getting our butts kicked!!

We had our fitness test - we will have it again 1/2 way through the program and again at the end of the program... We first did 3 laps on the track - which is 1/2 a mile.  We could run it, jog it, walk it, or some combination of the 3.  I ran the first lap, walked the second lap with Elice and then togther we decided to run the last 1/2 of the last lap.  We pushed each other on and it was really great!!

Then we did planks - timed for as long as we could do them - it turns out that I have a lot of room for improvement in this! I didn't stay up in a plank very long at all!! But it hurt... Then push-ups - as many as you can do in a minute.  I was only able to do 22 in a minute, however, I did them the normal way - not the modified way with your knees down - the trainer said you had to do it the same way for this test, the mid-test and the last test and that doing it the 'real' way would help me improve more or be healthier for me or something like that.  Elice said she'd do the 'real' way since I was because that's our thing.  Love her!  And Ally was my partner counting my push-ups and she was great about encouraging when I stopped and pushing me to do 2 more in the last 2 seconds - love her, too!!

Then we did sit-ups and I rocked out with 60 in a minute - 1 per second - and I was feeling great about this, until Ally did more than 60 and Elice did 92 - GO ELICE AND ALLY!! I am still proud of mine, though :)  Then we did wall sits - and we did them for as long as we could do them...I wish we had done this right after we ran with our quads still warmed up. I did a wall-sit for 17 seconds - but as I told the trainer - this just leaves plenty of room for improvement.

We had 3 minutes left after the test, so we did an indian run for a lap around the track - one of my faves from my soccer days :)  But harder than it was 10 years ago.  For everyone who doesn't know what these are: you run in a single file line and the person at the front of the line sets the pace and the person in the back of the line sprints to the front and then becomes the new leader.  I don't pace myself well - I'm good at sprinting and then walking because of my lack of pacing skills.  I was the first sprinter and was feeling great until I was back to the pace of leading the run.  The best thing about our group doing the indian run? We all cheered each other on and it was wonderful!! I felt like a rockstar and I thank my team for that! At the end of the run, I was hurting and breathing really hard - and Mary was so great about coming over and telling me I did wonderfully and asking if I was okay! As did Jane and Larsyn! I'm telling you - I LOVE my team!! Annette was a real rockstar last night - she had been out sick for 2 days and came anyway and for being sick, she did SO well in the test, the runs, etc. Go Annette!! Lynda worked hard with our mentor Cyndi and unfortunately, Kristen was sick.   Stay away sickness and get these ladies better soon!!

Tonight is the weigh-in.  Since I don't have internet at my house right now, you'll have to wait until tomorrow to get the news!  No matter what the news is, I'm proud of myself making it through the workouts, drinking the water (which is strangely difficult for me this time around) and making better food choices - which hasn't been the case every day this week, but has been the case the majority of the days this week! I even ate my oatmeal without honey this morning :)