Casey Crouse and Trevor Dewitt are on the show today. Back in June they started a project called One Thousand One City which they completed this September.

One Thousand One City started as a project aimed at connecting the city of Indianapolis by running 1000 miles through its neighborhoods in 100 days. The goal is to meet its citizens, listen to their stories, and share what they have to say.

When the world often seems too big and disconnected, sometimes the best thing a person can do is to set out on their own two feet and simply meet people where they are at.

At its core, OTOC is about taking on a difficult challenge in order to achieve growth towards a better sense of connectedness and understanding to those around us. Through OTOC, another project – New Shoe Day was formed and you’ll hear all about that and their vision for turning it into a non profit in this episode!

Casey is a passionate ultra runner,  passionate about movement, self-betterment, connecting to people and sharing personal stories of impact. Both Casey and Trevor work for Edge Mentoring  – an organization that pairs young professionals with community leaders, EDGE provides the space for whole-person development while connecting generations in meaningful mentoring relationships.

Trevor is the logistics guy and not only did he run every mile with Casey for this project but he mapped out much of it and made sure the planning was all figured out.

This is a Cross Over Episode- it is also being aired on The Illuminate Podcast! The Illuminate Podcast is another podcast in the Sandyboy Productions network that highlights stories of people doing good work in the World.

Show Notes:

One Thousand One City Website

Edge Mentoring

 Monumental Kids

We talked about A LOT of books – here they are:

Music to Check Out:

Maggie Rogers

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One Thousand One City on Instagram

New Shoe Day on Instagram

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Trevor on Instagram

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Dr. Kary completed his undergraduate studies at Anderson University in Anderson, IN with a degree in Athletic Training. He earned his medical degree from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in 2003. His family medicine residency training was completed at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis followed by a primary care sports medicine fellowship at the University of Notre Dame Sports Medicine Fellowship in South Bend, IN. He served as an assistant team physician for football and basketball and head team physician for men’s soccer while at Notre Dame.Dr. Kary has been a Team Physician for Butler University since 2007. He is also a Team Physician for USA Track and Field, Bishop Chatard High School, and Ed Carpenter Racing. His work as a sports medicine physician has included serving at the USA Track and Field Championships, USA National Gymnastic Championships, FINA World Swimming Championships, Big Ten Basketball Championships, and numerous other national/international sporting events. He has served as the Medical Director for the Carmel Marathon and the Geist Half Marathon.

In this episode we get to hear how Dr. Kary got into his career, his running background, running a 2:57 marathon at 41 and how he trains with the run less run faster process to keep injuries away. We end the conversation with 5 tips for the everyday runner.

I hope you enjoy this episode! I plan to do a couple more St. Vincent interviews so make sure you send me an email with any questions you might have and I’ll be sure to include them upcoming conversations with the Professionals at St. Vincent!

Show Notes:

Oh She Glows

A Couple Cooks

No Meat Athlete

Track in the Forest

Food for the Hungry

Dr. Kary on Twitter

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Anna works with a variety of teams and clients including Butler men’s and women’s basketball, the Indiana Fever and help out with the Colts. Her goal is that every athlete have the basics of sports nutrition available to them in order to leverage their athletic ability. She says “It’s amazing what nutrition knowledge can do for an athlete and it’s so fun to watch that athlete transform.”

In this episode we talk broadly about nutrition for runners but we also talk about the importance of running coaches working WITH sports dietitians to teach and guide their athletes in the most healthy way possible.

Anna is also a new Mom and a competitive triathlete and cyclist. Anna is a wealth of knowledge and I’m thankful to know her- enjoy our conversation! Tomorrow you will hear from Dr. Joel Kary!

Show Notes: 

The System

St. Vincent Sports Performance

Anna on Instagram

Lindsey on Instagram

TRAINING PROGRAM:

500 Festival Mini Marathon Training Program

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Denise McMillan joins me on the show today. She has a unique story in that she didn’t become a runner until the age of 49 after overcoming Breast Cancer. Just five years later, she has run three marathons and created friendships that will last a lifetime. Denise talks about how the friendship side running might in fact be the most meaningful part to her. Denise has two daughters and one granddaughter and works in marketing.

I met Denise a few years ago and instantly connected to her positive nature and really funny personality. I knew I wanted to have her on the show right from the start and I’m so excited that we have finally made this happen. In the episode, we talk about her life growing up in New Zealand, getting married really young and getting through a lonely time during her divorce. We also talk about walking through Breast Cancer and coming out on the other side and finding so much freedom in running. I know many people will relate to different pieces of Denise’ story and you will take something with you from this conversation.

Enjoy!

Show Notes: 

Being Mortal – Atul Gawande

Donna Foundation Fundraising Page

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I’ll Have Another Podcast Episode 61: Rachael Dugdale

Rachael is my good friend in real life! We met last summer when she started coming out to the stroller group that I lead at Athletic Annex in Broad Ripple. She lives right up the street from me! She is married to her husband Ryan and they have a sweet one year old daughter, Josephine.

Last weekend, Rachael ran her very first marathon and I had to honor of running the last three miles of the race with her. In this episode we talk about her marathon experience, but we also go a little deeper. Rachael has been sober for 17 years and we talk about her road to recovery and what that looks like in her life today. We also talk about a painful divorce and how she got her life back together after both of those big life changers.

Rachael is open and honest and we both get a little bit vulnerable when we talk about prayer and our faith. Such a great conversation with a dear friend.

Enjoy!

Show Notes: 

New Balance Perfect Tank

Stuff you missed in History Class Podcast

Trivia Night 

Rob Bell Podcast

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Let’s talk about the half marathon real quick though. My plan was going to be to run hard, but start out conservative and progress hard in the second half. I told Glenn my plan and he told me I was trying to wuss out of seeing what I could REALLY do.

I was thinking I would run somewhere around 1:35-1:37 depending on everything. Glenn said based on my workouts I could do more like 1:32-1:33. Alright then.  So we went out and I was determined to just work hard the whole time and see where it got me.

This is what it looked like: 7:05, 7:05, 7:10, 7:05, 7:05, 7:20, 7:30, 7:25, 7:25, 7:37, 7:51, 7:32, 7:27.

Positive Splits anyone?!

It got real windy around mile 5 or 6 and the 7:20-7:30 effort felt like 7:00 for sure. Around mile 8 I knew I was done and I had the thought I could just jog it in. I knew I wouldn’t actually do that, but those end miles starting feeling like a jog and I am actually surprised they weren’t any slower that they were. I felt like we were crawling. Those are the times you have all the thoughts- why do I do this to myself? I could just run slower and not put myself through this misery. Why am I choosing to make it hurt? And we all know the answer to that. Because of the reward is that amazing sense of accomplishment and satisfaction when you complete your hard work.

Glenn kept telling me to just keep working hard. So I worked hard. He kept telling me to smile and that would make it feel better. I tried a couple times, but it feels funny smiling while in so much temporary pain. The real problem was my legs; they felt like lead.

I was a little annoyed at Glenn toward the end there when I was crumbling, because I remembered back to my first half marathon after Louis when I ran somewhere around a 1:38. (that race I was 4 months post partum- this race I was 5 months post partum) I went out very conservatively (like chatting it up easy pace) and raced in the second half. The racing in felt hard but not crumbling.

Two thoughts on that- I’m a big believer in negative splitting being the way to race (especially long distances). However, I liked that Glenn was encouraging me to be gutsy and believe in going big. Do I think that 1:32-1:33 was an impossible goal for me last Saturday? No. It was aggressive for sure. But it wasn’t impossible. Last Saturday wasn’t the day for me to do that though. The wind was crazy and my legs weren’t having it. I didn’t really “taper” and I started my period 3 days later. Those are all excuses of course, but my point is, if things had lined up just right and I also had a great day running, I still think I could have pulled it off.

So I’ll make that my goal again for my next half. Alright then. Stalk my Carmel time. As long as we get a babysitter lined up- I’l be there. Glenn’s pacing the 3:15 group for the full marathon, so he’s got first dibs on the morning.

Here’s a look at what my last two weeks looked like. (RIP swimming) Easy runs have been landing around 8:45-9:15 pace.

03/20-03-26

Monday: 7 Mi Easy

Tuesday: 6.8 Mi with 30 Min @ Progressive Tempo (7:05 down to 6:50)

Wednesday: 3 Mi Easy + Massage

Thursday: Rest

Friday: 4 Mi Easy

Saturday: Sam Costa Half Marathon – 13.1 Mi @ 1:36:52 (7:21ish per mile) + Short Warm Up

Sunday: Rest

Total Mileage: 34 Mi

And at the end of the day. These boys are waiting for me and they could give two shits how fast I run. Though Marshall did ask me what I won.

03/27-04/01

Monday: 6 Mi Easy with Glenn

Tuesday: 5 Mi Easy with Molly +Strength

Wednesday: 7 Mi Easy in Bloomington

Thursday: Rest

Friday: 6 Mi Easy on Treadmill

Saturday: 7 Easy with Glenn

Sunday: 15 Mile Easy with Leann

Total Mileage: 46 Mi

(sort of big jump in mileage from the last few weeks, but they’re all a little skewed since I’ve been doing longer cycles with long runs more like every 10 days recently) I’ll likely hang anywhere between 35-45 in the next few weeks)

PS – Have you listened to the most recent episode on I’ll Have Another Podcast? It’s with Sarah Canney– check it out! 

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Glenn was pacing the 3:15 group for the marathon for his third year in a row. It’s his thing now I guess. He came in right at 3:14:30 for the third year in a row, a not slow 7:25 pace. It’s funny though because he’s not in “racing” shape right now at all and I kept saying to him, are you sure you can hit 3:15 easy? His marathon PR is 2:49, but the last time he’s ran even 20 miles at once was 7 or 8 months ago. He found out he was severely anemic last fall and has been taking it really easy while getting things back up to normal. He was depleted. He did a couple of 18 milers over the past few weeks but his weekly mileage has been way down too. Then I found out it was going to be super hot and just told him not to blow it. haha. He ended up saying he got tired around mile 22, but never felt like it wouldn’t be easily manageable.

The boys and I ran up and down the last mile of the course a couple of times so I could get a short run in too, cheering for people in the process…. but Marshall made it difficult as he kept wanting to get out and run next to me. Big Lou hung out like a champ for a solid 2 hours in the stroller. Even when we weren’t running or walking, he just sat there.

I had a lot of friends today going for big goals though and today was REALLY HOT. Today was the perfect example of why running based on effort makes most sense. People really need to take this into consideration at Boston on Monday too, as it’s supposed to be pretty hot that day. And not to mention Boston has an insanely late start time.

In my last podcast chat with Tina Muir, we talk about this quite a bit. I asked her if she had a time goal for the London Marathon, which is coming up next week. She said she’s not really a time goal person, more so a listen to my body and run a great race person. She did mention a 7 minute range that she’d likely run, but said she doesn’t really pay much attention to her watch. My conversation with Tina has kind of encouraged me to run my next big race watch-less. My only real fear is that I’d go out too hard though without it to keep myself in check. But then again- if I’m running based on effort, I should really know how easy or hard the first few miles of a half or full marathon should feel like.

We get so tied down to times, that it sucks the joy out of running. I’ve been there. And I have times I want to run no doubt, but if conditions aren’t just right, the effort it “should” take to run the time you want could end up being much slower. Think heat and wind. Big factors. And if you’re a woman, think time of the month. It freaking effects your running.

Glenn and I were talking about the heat today a lot after the race and he makes a great point that spring marathons are just hard to train for for those of us who live in cooler winter climates. You train all winter in mostly cold conditions and them boom, race morning pops up and it’s 70 degrees and sunny. There is no way your body will be ready for that. So make the proper adjustments and run based on effort. Easier said than done and pride can very easily get in the way.

I’m really proud of everyone who got out there and ran today, regardless of goal times that were or were not accomplished. I’m telling you, I was hot sitting on the sidewalk in a tank top and shorts.

Marathon day is always a motivating and happy day to take part of, weather you are running, cheering, working or volunteering. And great job to the Carmel Marathon Team- the race is always smoothly executed and this year seemed to be no different from years past!

GOOD WORK People!

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I ran this race for the first time in 2005. It was my very first half marathon. My mom, dad and one of my sisters did it too. My sisters and I actually just recorded my third podcast episode and we discuss the experience.  (More on the podcast in an upcoming post) I ran the first 6 miles with my mom and then finished on my own. I wasn’t trained- had ran around 6 miles for the longest run leading up. It was so hard. In the 10 years since that first time, I’ve done it 8 of the 10  years. And it’s fun every time.

Once you’ve ran a few half marathons, it’s easy to jump on the bandwagon of “Oh the mini is too crowded”. People who have done it a few times, sometimes think, I’ve been there done that, I don’t like it, there are too many people…. It’s only for first timers. I’m here to say that I am no first timer and I LOVE the mini. Here’s why:

• It’s an amazing event for our city. HELLO- it brings thousands of people into Indy and is great for the local economy. Duh.

• It’s fun. Stop taking yourself so seriously. You aren’t trying out for the Olympic team and it’s not a big deal if you have to weave around in the first few miles. If you really want to avoid that- run a race beforehand to get yourself a starting spot in a closer to the front corral. Last year I ran a 1:38 starting in something like corral F (which is sort of far back for that time) and it really wasn’t all that bad. I mean there was plenty of weaving, a bathroom break, and it was fine.

• How fun is it to see our city filled with people full of energy and happiness (or despair if you check in on them at mile 10) all morning. You’ve got first timers, people who do it every year, people running for fun, people running with a family member or friend who are doing the race for the first time ever, people trying to PR, people running for a charity close to their heart. There are SO many reasons they are out there testing their limits or just having fun and it’s a good thing. Who cares if you have to bump elbows with some of them for the first few miles?

• It’s the 40th running of the 500 festival mini AND the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. That is cool.

• You get to run through Haughville. You might say it’s a dumpy part of town, but I say, open your eyes when you run through and think about how maybe you could be a part of making it better.

• Speedway is totally the new “in” part of town with Big Woods, Dare Devil — I noticed how cute it was and how much it had changed already last year when we ran through. My friend who runs the speedway running club told me I won’t even recognize it this year.

• The finishing shoot is amazing- they play old clips from the 500 which is so cool. The stretch on New York is long, but it’s a fun and fast last mile with plenty of people cheering you along the way.

This is the breakdown of my 500 Festival Mini Marathon Experiences:

• 2005 – First Half Marathon Ever- along with my mom, dad and one of my sisters. Nobody was prepared. We all wanted to die. I ran a 1:59:52. My goal halfway through the race became to break 2:00. The longest run leading up to it was 6 miles. I was REALLY proud of that sub 2 hours. I so wish I could find a picture. Sad face.

• 2006 – Started dating Glenn this year and convinced him to run it with me. I think he beat me though. No he did. I just checked. He ran a 1:46:24 and I ran a 1:47:15. At least he didn’t walk. When he ran his first 5K with me the year before, he had to take a walk break halfway through.The best part about the picture below- well there are a lot of best parts, but Glenn is rocking a cotton pizza express shirt that said “I get it every night” and you better believe that cotton shirt had blood streamed down the front of the shirt at the end from his bloody nipples. We didn’t know about body glide back then. I can’t even talk about the leg chaffing I experienced. Because my legs don’t not touch. (There’s an inside joke there; after the race, as I was basically crying from the leg chaffing pain, I looked over at my mom who had ran too and asked her if she had the same issue, to which she responded with “My legs don’t touch”) So that will forever be etched in my mind. My legs touch, but my moms legs don’t touch. Whatever man. Pro leg touching over here. (No bashing my mom, she’s great, these are just the things I just like to call her out on)

• 2007 – We ran again, Glenn ran 1:52:14 and I have no clue what I ran, because I must have used someone else’s bib. There is no record of Lindsey Andersen running, but I did run it that year.

2007 Mini Marathon

• 2008 – This was the year, we got married, bought a house and ran our first marathon. We did this as a training run for the marathon. I ran a 1:37:30 and Glenn ran 1:37:45. This is actually a funny story, because we started the race together and broke apart around mile 6 and never saw each other again until the finishing shoot… where I was in front. Sorry bout’ ya Glenn. Your soon to be wife won. But really because of this race, I realized it was a possibility that I could try for a BQ on that first marathon. It planted the seed of confidence I needed. (keep in mind BQ standards were 5 minutes slower back in the day) Oh my gosh. We were babies.

• 2009 – This is the year I trained senior citizens at the John H. Boner Community Center to walk the 13.1. It was a long process, but it was pretty cool. I spent a lot of hours walking with this group and riding my bike next to them in the months leading up to the race. We must have been newly weds, because I somehow convinced Glenn to walk the whole race with us. It took us over 4 hours. And like Mildred always said “who said we couldn’t do it.” Mildred was one of the seniors I worked with who is no longer with us- she actually wasn’t one of the seniors who was able to do the race, but that was one of her favorite phrases and I carry it on. And let me tell you- this was an experience these women will never forget. What an accomplishment.

• 2010: The year we thought we were too cool. I actually think I had Glenn working all day cleaning up one of the seniors houses. There are stories for another day of all the things I had Glenn doing when I worked at the JHBCC. He’s moved furniture, put together desks, rode around on holiday lights tour of the city, made chili, took the day off work to help me with a picnic for 350 senior citizens. I was really good at bringing him into my work. For some reason, he’s never brought me into his… he must not trust my spreadsheet skills.

• 2011: The year I coached a bunch of Tech HS kids and ran with them: This was part of The Super Bowl Legacy project that I was proud to be a part of. When the Super Bowl came to Indianapolis, the community center that I worked at was heavily involved in all of the efforts to revitalize the city- specifically the near eastside. This was one of several amazing projects that came about due to the Super Bowl Legacy project. Also, my little sister SHELBY (who was rocking the pink hair way before it was cool, ran her first and only half marathon that year and wrote about it.

• 2013: The year I grabbed a bib and used it as a training run. I was just coming off my Shamrock Marathon PR and pretty much serial racing. I had very recently raced Rock the Relay, (ran that really hard) and the Carmel Half Marathon the following week. I had just started triathlon training for the first time and was on my way to my first half Ironman.

• 2014: The Year Glenn ran & Marshall and I cheered. I had just ran Boston, was newly pregnant, but didn’t know it yet and was dealing with some series plantar fasciitis. Glenn ran a 1:24 and then I sent him home with Marshall so I could hobble/run home with my plantar fasciitis foot.

• 2015: My first half post Louis. It was fun for the first half of the race and I worked hard for the second half. The second half ended up being a great confidence building run for what was to come over the summer and into the fall. (before I epically tore my plantar fascia) DAMN FEET.

I haven’t full out raced the mini since 2008 right before our first marathon, but I’ll plan to do that sometime in the next couple of years. I do plan to run for sure this year, but not sure if it will be used as a race, training run or for fun run.

All this to say. I’ve only missed two years since the first time I ran this race. And now looking back, I’m sad I broke a good streak. You should get on the train too man. It’s fun. And you ain’t too cool to run it. Also- if you’ve never run a half marathon- this is a great place to start!

Have you ever run the 500 Festival Mini Marathon?

Are you running it this year?

What’s your favorite part of the race? 

Why do you Mini?

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One would think it wouldn’t be difficult to get there at 8:45am. That’s not particularly early. The boys slept in until 7:45. Not complaining about that- I had some wonderful quiet time this morning….  but to then get out of the house by 8:30, it’s kind of a hustle. I was teed up and ready to go with like 10 minutes to spare and somehow didn’t get out of the house until 8:45 and my gas tank was below empty. Below. So because running is important, I’m an idiot, I rolled the dice on running out of gas and booked it to the Y. We made it whohoo!

I met Amy at the treadmills at 9:05am- 40 minutes to squeeze a run in! She was finishing up her 7th 800 repeat and running hard when I started my warm up. I was only slightly jealous that she was DONE with a great workout. I warmed up 10 minutes and felt pretty darn great, so decided I’d conquer that 20 minute tempo. There are days when 20 minutes of hard running sounds really difficult- especially when you are just getting back in shape and the swing of running fast.

Today, I didn’t seem daunting at all once I started going. I think I could have stretched it out to 30-35 minutes of tempoing if I wanted to. But I stuck to the pan of 20, because I’m smarter than that and it feels good to finish a workout feeling like you could have done more. I ran 10 minutes at 7:09, 5 minutes at 7:04, and then cut the last 5 minutes down to 6:40. It felt fairly effortless considering the pace and where I am right now. And it’s funny because last week that run would have destroyed me mentally and physically which is why I didn’t even try it when an 8:30 mile felt hard. When I cranked it up to 7:04 pace, the thought of running a half marathon that fast- let alone a full marathon was laughable. You gots to do the work to get there though right? Baby steps.

I finished up at 9:42, ran downstairs, grabbed my spot in the yoga room, changed real quick and made the yoga happen. I think the old me would have been focused on running longer and skipped the yoga, but I’m smart enough now to know that the difference between 4.5 and 6.5 miles didn’t matter- I got the workout in and yoga was going to benefit me more emotionally and physically than running 25 more minutes.

Beyond my little workout today- the purpose of this post in the first place was I want to share with you a video that goes over some pre and post run stretches Glenn and I recommend for all runners and stay true to ourselves. After a few weeks, we like tos start adding in some more post run stretch/strength, but if you are new to running- or new to incorporating anything like this into your running/walking routine – this video is a great place to start. Unless I’m in a major time crunch—- like today for instance, you won’t find me heading out for a run without doing my lunge matrix first. I made this with my friend Chris Thornberry – Chris has all sorts of information videos on his you tube channel Inside Endurance Sports and this is the most recent video posted. We have plans to make more women’s running/mother runner focused videos soon!

Now, you might know that I work part time in marketing and events for the best run/walk specialty store in Indianapolis – Athletic Annex. That’s right, I claimed it it’s the best. Are you following us on Instagram? You’ll often see cameo’s of myself and the boys on their feed- I have a lot of fun with it.

Athletic Annex recently launched our spring training program– training for the 500 festival mini marathon. We kicked off the program two weeks ago with St. Vincent Sport Performance. St. Vincent’s Jon Grant and our owner Bob Kennedy put together a simple video of 5 strength exercises all runners should be doing. I think it kind of goes hand in and with the pre and post run stretches so I wanted to share this as well. Jon is an Athletic Trainer and has been working with runners for years- and Bob ran in the Olympics, so there’s that.

So here are the 5 exercises Jon & Bob suggest you stay committed to throughout your training. Trust them. They’re way smarter than me:

Alright, go get strong guys. And don’t let a failed workout kill your confidence, because you’re likely just having an off day and will kill it next week if you try again. 

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A quick rundown- Lou and I take Marshall to school at 9, home by 11 or so, Lou down for nap. I usually make a smoothie, turn the Meredith Viera show on for background noise and get to email returning and planning. Lou will likely be up around 12:45 and we get ready to pick Marshall up at 2:00. In the middle of all this, before Lou gets up, I  of course get distracted. In the last 20 minutes these are the links I’ve opened that have nothing to do with what I’m trying accomplish:

Indy Monthly Article: Of course I have to click on this article about a fixer upper in my neighborhood.

12 Girlfriend Getaways you need to book right now: Don’t need to explain. I couldn’t not click on this.

And then I started browsing the group fitness class schedule on the YMCA website.

If we could just eliminate all the extra link opening, sigh. I like it though. In fact, I’m about to waste approximately 15 more minutes on some websites looking for what rug I’d like to purchase for the living room. Anyone got a suggestion for where I could do that?

I was super sick on Tuesday night, and thankfully Glenn was able to stay home from work and take care of the kids because I was glued to the couch. My week of workouts is kind of all thrown off because I was already feeling wonky after my run on Monday and then the no working out/no eating all day yesterday has me on the mend today. So I ran an easy 30 minutes and called it a day. It’s nice to be in a place where I’m still in a building phase and just now starting to feel back in shape.

Before the stupid sick thing that went down on Tuesday night, I tried out my first Barre class and it was awesome. The stretching was amazing and it was the perfect mix of strength- I mean major hip, core and leg stuff. I so want to commit to this. The gym we tried it at was Liverite Fitness and their prices are really fair compared to others I’ve seen. They have a monthly unlimited for $99 and if you commit to 12 months is $79. If you went 2-3 times a week, it would be way cheaper than any other offer I’ve seen. I think a realistic commitment for me right now though is once a week and I can do that at the Y for less. There are only 7 days in a week man.

That’s that. I’m so happy to be home this weekend with no commitments. We aren’t going anywhere and have NO plans. I’m sure on Saturday afternoon I’ll get ansy and see about doing something.

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