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Still in Vegas and missing my silks and trapeze! I swear my hands are getting softer as I haven't roughed them up in over a week : ( Limited exercise at the moment, but I am incredibly proud I have stuck with my diet on vacation so far. Even when I was out drinking on the Strip, I stuck to clear liquors and diet mixers. Feels good as usually I cave on vacation. Looking forward to Disneyland this weekend!!!!!!!
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So, my first week is not going to follow my challenge real well. I am on vacation. Vegas, baby! So that means no aerial classes this week (no worries, I will get to make them up when I am back and have even MORE aerial classes!) I did a short run around the Strip in the morning but I am tapering off this week anyway so limited running. My half marathon is coming up on Sunday! It is Avengers themed and thanks to Under Armor, I have the best shirt ever (which I scored at the outlet store for $25 woot)
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Thanks! Here's one just for you. Thank you!
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Lol. I'm not escaping, I swear! I'm still totally lurking over there for the fun circus people. : )
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They have slings at my studio as well, but they don't offer yoga. This is my hanging in one of them. I keep meaning to take a slings class but they don't coincide with my work schedule : ( Aerial yoga does look super fun though!
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This is my third challenge and my first with the Rangers! I am working on a little bit of everything so I figured this would be a fun guild to try. Little about myself: I decided to completely overhaul myself around a year and half ago. I had gotten quite overweight in grad school and lacked any athletic ability whatsoever. I have since cleaned up my diet, lost over 60lbs (about 30 to go!), and I am loving finding new ways to be active. I have gone from not being able to run a mile to completing a half marathon and have found a passion for the trapeze and hanging upside down. I am also a huge Star Wars geek, so this essentially my excuse to use Star Wars gifs : ) Quest 1: Run! I completed my very first half marathon during the last challenge and I have another one coming up. In order to complete my quest, I must complete 2-3 short runs per week and 1 longer run. I don’t have a speed or time goal, I just want to have fun and have the endurance to finish the race. During this challenge I will be running two 5K races, a 15K race, and a half marathon (The Avengers Half at Disneyland yay!) I have also started listening to audiobooks while I run (the music was boring me after a while) so this is also my bookworm time. Quest 2: Lift! I am super excited because this is the challenge I will be learning to lift! After I finish my half in a couple weeks, I have training sessions scheduled with a weightlifting coach to teach me the basics and make sure I don’t screw anything up. I have really wanted to work on my upper body strength in particular to help with trapeze. I don’t really have any specifics for this quest yet, except to just try something new! Quest 3: Fly! Finally, and quite possibly my favorite quest, aerial time! I am currently training in aerial silks, trapeze, and rope and take lessons 2-3 times a week. Some specific goals for this quest are: finally complete a straddle inversion with no spot (so close!) on silks; get more than halfway up the rope using a toe climb; and be able to do an egg on the trapeze (essentially stand on my tiptoes on the bar, hold on to both ropes, pull myself into a tuck and hold for at least 5 seconds). Bonus Side Quest: Stretch! I am signed up for a one day Intro to Yoga workshop during this challenge. I have never done any yoga before so it should be fun.
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CHALLENGE WRAP-UP #1 Attend aerial classes 2-3 per week- Attened 3 per week every week! #2 Running- Was fairly consistant, but not as high volume as I wanted. I did finish my half marathon though! I have my second coming up in a few weeks. #3 Keep to my diet- Mostly in check- I avoided most of the office sweets and fast food. I did have a few carby indulgences after my half. Side goal: Nope. Did not get around to it. Running and aerial kept me worn out. Maybe next time.
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So my running has not been going so well this week. The weather has been horrible and, well, there has been protesting and crazy stuff going on around the park I run around (all about the St. Louis/Ferguson issues-I live quite close to the most recent incident). Also resulted in my kickball games being cancelled all weekend. Kinda sucks, I am hoping to find somewhere to run as my half is rapidly approaching. Diet is going ok. Made a delicious ribeye for lunch. Man, I never get sick of steak.
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Trapeze class on Monday, mixed aerial on Tuesday (my aerial fitness class was of this week). Missed my regular run due to poor weather conditions/the warmth and comfort of my bed : ( On track with diet. I have been salad obsessed this week, making a bunch of variations. My new sous vide cooker is arriving today so I will be cooking lots of steak and chicken soon!
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Yay aerial! I have tried lyra a couple of times but I never like it as much as trapeze. Rope is new for me so I am excited to try that.
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Ran 4 miles on Thursday. Two rounds of kickball on Saturday. Ran 8 miles this morning. Also, made some amazing spinach artichoke meatballs with a creamy sauce. Omg good. Diet on track! No aerial since Tuesday but starting next week I will have class Tuesday morning, Tuesday evening, and Thursday evening. Silks, Trapeze, and Rope. They didn't have enough people sign up for stilt waking so sadly it was cancelled : (
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Let's see- I did trapeze on Monday for a couple hours, and then aerial fitness and mixed aerial on Tuesday (played on slings for the first time). I was learning to Russian climb and toe climb on rope. I now have rope burn between my toes- very odd feeling! Ran 3.5 miles this morning so on track with running. Made egg avocado boats for breakfast and a huge taco salad for lunch- haven't messed up my diet since Saturday!
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To be fair it is Division 3 kickball so mostly drinking in the park. As long as you stay upright, you are good lol Also, MINIONS!
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Ran a 10K race yesterday and knocked 4 WHOLE MIN off my PR! Woot! Played kickball afterwards and now I am worn out... Aerial fitness today with 3 more aerial classes to follow the next two days. In two weeks I will be adding Intro Rope! Been decent with my diet but had some pancakes yesterday (to be fair is was a pancake themed race...)
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I have been seriously deficient in my posting as of late! Being sick all last week really put me behind on things (full time job, grad school, aerial classes- everything took a hit!) Finally back to running this weekend! Got in a 8 mile long run and 3.5 mile short run. Loving the cooler weather. Playing two games of kickball on Saturday- lots of running in the outfield. I am also the random weird girl mixing rum and diets instead of drinking beer during the games lol. Diet maintained! 1.5 hr of trapeze on Monday- finally getting my L-ups without looking like spaz. 1.5 hr of aerial fitness on Tuesday- pretty sure I have some new bruises : ) Also my mixed aerial class is right after and no one else showed so I pretty much got a private lesson to work on my tricks! Also they are trying to add a morning trapeze class next session and, if so, I will be able to take silks, trapeze, AND stilt walking every week. Squeeeeeeeeeee!
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Day 1-3- So in a less than auspicious start to my challenge, I have been sick the past several days. I missed my run, missed my aerial classes, and have been asleep most of the time. I am finally back at work today and will hopefully be heading to the gym tonight (my job has an onsite gym and gives us 3 hours of workout time a week during our shifts). I also had to reschedule all three of my aerial classes to make-up. On the plus side, for the next three weeks I will now have aerial 4 times a week! Now just to get back into the swing of things....