Out of Shape is the New In Shape (Kelsey)

Greetings from Grand Rapids! I don't have any grand running stories to tell yet. I probably should, but I don't. I am visiting some friends who live here. I meant to have done some running by now, but I don't know the area well, and they live in the downtown area. Running in an unknown, ghetto-ish area where I may not be able to find my way home again did not sound like a good idea. I decided today, though, that I needed to do some sort of exercise, so I got out a circuit I had made earlier this year:

•15 A frame push ups
•15 Crunches
•0:30 Mountain climbers
•12 Gator push ups
•1:00 Wall sits
•10 Burpees
•0:45 Side to sides, front to backs hops
•0:45 Planks
•1:00 Jogging (consisting of me taking laps around their house)

I went through it for 30 minutes, which I think ended up being 3 full reps and 1 half rep. I did that, and then, like any person who is trying to get in shape and be healthy, went to McDonalds for dinner. The circuit kept up my heart rate, but my burpees were looking more and more pathetic with each rep. It'll be nice to be in shape again. And one of my friends said she'll go running with me tomorrow, so that should be good.

So the other day, Stacey shared some other information about herself, and I feel like following suite. So here we go.

Favorite running music: Anything that has a good beat, generally Top 40 kind of stuff. I will post my running playlist when I make it :)

Preferred running venue: chasing an object. And by that, I don't mean chasing cars or dogs or criminals dressed as monsters with my brown dog in a hippy van. I mean playing sports. I played basketball and soccer in high school and intramural everything throughout college. I like running when it's in sports, but when it's just running for running's sake, I don't really enjoy it so much. I also am more of a sprinter than a long distance runner, so this shall be an adequate challenge.

I miss being in shape like I was during basketball or soccer seasons. So in order to do that, I pretty much have to run for running's sake these days. Hence the half marathon :) It is my goal to get back in shape and to all around feel healthier and better about my body. Always a good goal, right?