Rest Day

Ok I’m gonna need everyone else with an August birthday to reschedule.

After a week of celebrating my own birthday with some really tough workouts, yesterdays I had to “celebrate” both Sunshine and Brittany… every year the Mountain Junkies Fab 5k falls around Sunshine’s birthday so she’s claimed it as her own and for the past three years I’ve agreed to “run” it to celebrate her. (And I’m not a runner, I’m just a good friend because I’m a Leo).

The difference this year was that Sunshine didn’t even run her birthday race herself. She volunteered at the water station where she made me do burpees before she would give me water and then tried to yell at me to burpee broad jump to the next intersection where our 5am trainer, Ercilia, was holding up traffic for me.

This year was the slowest I’ve ever completed this 5k… I partly blame trying to run with a bum ankle and I partly blame the weight I’ve gained back and I partly blame my lack of endurance due to half assing workouts for the past few months. But the truth is I’m just not a “good” runner, I show up and I finish and that’s about it.

After stuffing my face full of Mountain Junkies pumpkin bread I hobbled back to my car (running on grass with a bum ankle is really hard, ok?) to head home for a shower and nap. Except that I checked Facebook and happened to see a post about Brittany’s birthday workout happening at PlayFitStayFit at 10:00… it was 9:25. Jason Gordon said something like “2 a days are good for you” and that was all it took. So I headed there. To walk two more miles with 33 reps of various exercises mixed in because Brittany just loooooooooooves to be outside when it’s 10000 degrees and 10000% humidity.

So my friends list is now closed to runners and fitness enthusiasts. Don’t try to introduce me to anymore people who enjoy this torture. I’m only accepting new drinking friends and cat lady friends.

Today, Sunday, is my rest day. And by rest day I mean cleaning the house I’ve neglected all week, doing all the laundry, the grocery shopping, the meal prepping. And hopefully some laying on the couch with Nermal. Because tomorrow is Sunshine’s birthday and we have to celebrate. With a workout.