Day 2

Brian: Plyometrics
Sandra: Cardio X

Brian did Plyometrics this morning and said that it was killer. Basically, Plyometrics is 45 minutes of jumping around and landing "like a cat." It's a major leg work out. No Plyo for me, though! I'm supposed to do Cardio X, but I forgot to get the DVD from Brian yesterday and he's off to visit his mom for the day (what a good son). I might look up the routine online, or just go to the gym for an hour. We shall see! Maybe I'll just read a book on my comfy new bed that I just got this weekend...

ROAR! Day 1

My boyfriend Brian and I have decided to run a half marathon. I often sign up for these sorts of things but don't end up completing them (Marin 100K bike ride? That's a story for another time...). It's not the enthusiasm I lack, it's the motivation to train. Brian is a great training partner, though. Neither of us has ever taken running very seriously, but we have been keeping up with a training program (Hal Higdon's novice program) for the last 3 weeks. This is quite surprising to me, and it feels great! We're up to 5-mile runs so far, and we'll keep on chuggin'. But wait, there's more!

Being the ambitious man that he is, Brian is also determined to complete the P90X program. We have both tried doing this program before, but never with much success (too lazy/tired to do it every day). Brian is going to do the classic program, and I am going to do the lean program - the lean program has more cardio and less weight training than the classic program and is designed to make you...lean.

Yesterday was the first day of P90x. Chest & Back for Brian, Core Synergystics for me. Brian did his before our 3.5 mile run, and I did ours after. Not a very good decision, because I was way to tired to roll around on the floor doing chest/ab/back exercises. It really does work the core though. Next time around I will give it my all!