Tues. July 2 & Wed. July 3: 80 Day Obsession Day 65 & 66

Yesterday and this morning, I got up and did 80 Day Obsession workouts on my patio. Yesterday, I headed straight out and finished right as the workers were arriving. (When I say workers, I mean two workers who didn't actually do any work all day... who came in through the side scaffolding from the alley smoking, continuing to smoke right in front of me, and extinguishing it in the garbage can. Thank-you for that oh so lovely final workout smokey air... sarcasm... ughh... just finish the patio and leave... it has been over a year now. This is my space and I want it back.) Today, I had my breakfast first and only made it through half my workout as they arrived. This morning, there were were three of them and Dave said, "Good morning!" I could not return his joyous good morning, because I don't see anything good about you dicking around on my patio and not getting shit done. It makes me feel sad. I moved inside to finish my workout and closed the curtains.

Whoa... I am mad eh? Anyways, this was meant to be a post about me doing my workouts and it has turned into a rant about the super slow construction workers.

I have taken the cardio workouts out of 80DO and replaced them with running. Although - I might bust out a cardio flow if we are ever pool or beach side. I still like that one - I just want to run now that I can run again and thought slotting it in during the cardio times would be best. I was thinking I might do one of my 80 days after my last run - but I am all sweaty and don't feel like working out then. It was a good idea but didn't happen. Maybe if I did the 80 day and then ran? Nah...

When 80DO is done, I am going to do A Little More Obsessed and then the new 21 Day Fix Lives. They are shorter - so maybe I can add the runs in with them then. That should take me through the summer.

Monday, July 1, 2019: Run with Lopez 1

I felt like running for the last week but have been busy with the 72D7, and walking down to the Inukshuk at different times of the day, to dance and also the last week of school. But now, school is over and I am FREE! YAY!! However, two days ago, I was trying a Nike training workout and it had dynamic hip stretches at the start and I thought it was going to buzz me to change to the next exercise and it didn't. I saw the number twelve and thought it was weird to do this same thing for twelve minutes of a twenty minute workout but... I wasn't really thinking... so I did... and I am pretty sure I overstretched my right hip flexor. ALSO that day, I sat in the park in a double pigeon while Biggy played... that may have also overstretched it... anyways... I woke up with a limpy right hip Sunday morning. This morning, it was there but not as bad, I still wanted to run.. so I ran... I just ran slow and easy pace. I noticed by right ankle had a crick in it too and I had to stop and rotate it a few times... but I kept going. 

As I was leaving my building, connecting the Bluetooth for my headphones, and putting on my run playlist - I realized my run playlist wasn't on my watch. All that was available was the 72D7 tracks. I went to Spotify and was going to try that but remember that the last time I did that it played through my phone and woke up the whole house... because my phone is at home... and the boys were asleep.  I had also downloaded and was planning on running with the Coached Run with Nike Run Club: Run with Lopez Part 1. This would be my second coached run. The first one I played music and there was some talking... this one was more of a story and what an enthralling story. I didn't even notice I was running. But, I had to try and control my emotions, because I was imagining my son, age six being stolen by rebel soldiers in Somolia. It was a beautiful sunny day, I ran an easy pace, and just tried not to cry on the c wall as I went. No music is necessary for this coached run and I can't wait to run again tomorrow to hear the next part of the story. If you felt like running longer than thirty minutes, you can just press the next run and it tells you how to do that at the end of part one. (Just make sure you have it downloaded before you leave the house.) 

Happy Canada Day! 

End of June Update... what a semester! Let' go SUMMER!

Hi everyone... I have been SUPER BUSY this semester. I really feel like I went from one big event to the next... and I did. I am surprised how I was able to handle this semester of life. I think I have gotten a lot more chill over things, now that I am forty-five. I plan, I do my best, and I try not lose sleep over anything. (That last part doesn't always work.)

So here is my workout calendar from the last... when was the last time I really posted? Here are snap shots from March to June. (Maybe I can go back to writing more often this summer! I like after workout/class/run/skate reflection time.)

Let me see if I can go back in my memory and talk about what I have been up to and why....

March 2019 I had ten class to pass to YYoga and I had I think, a 20 class pass for Bikram Delta. I was still doing 80 Day Obsession workouts at school. I also visited Harbour for Ballet, Hip Hop, PBT, Lyrical, and Contemporary. March was a great month.

 In April, I was called in to have surgery. SO, I raced to try and use as many of my Bikram Delta classes as I could. (They had a three month expiry) I also wanted to move and do as much as I could... because I knew I wouldn't be able to do anything for a while. They said it would take me 1-2 weeks before I went back to work and 6 weeks for full recovery. In my mind, I thought, I am fit, I will recover quick and be back to everything faster than the average person. BLAHH HAA HAAA!! Was I wrong. Recovery was a B****. I couldn't sleep because the CO2 was trapped in my body and made my back ache if I didn't get up and expel gas every few hours. I had to walk circles around my apartment farting. Seems funny now... but I was a blubbering, tired, hunched, old feeling person. Just when I thought I would never dance or move normally again.. I was back... phew! I started with just yoga as I wasn't supposed to lift anything over ten pounds for 6 weeks. This is when I created my Harrison Yoga Chill class. I imagined teaching it to the kids around the pool in Harrison Hot Springs. That didn't happen. But - I love the class and I plan on filming it this week and sharing it online. I also want to do it around the city - pop up yogas! Everyone welcome.

 In May, I got back to Bikram and Hip Hop. I was gifted the Nike Apple Watch for graduation and started playing around with workouts on that app and I started running again. I love running! I hadn't run since this time last year because I got the plantar faciitis. I loved getting out on the C wall again and just making up dances in my head as I meet one, greet one, pass them... I love to race around. Thursday's were my favourite day this semester. I had my afternoon free and I was able to go to Victor's class at 1:30. Finally, I had a regular hip hop class to take. I also got to pick up Christian from school that day... mind you... all sweaty... and weirdly practicing the dance moves I just learned... but super small... so no parents noticed?? Hard to run from dance class and just stop dancing... gotta remember the moves and hum the beats... and keep getting it.... can't fight the weird. I am what I am. 

My Bikram Delta classes expired the 24th. I didn't get them all in. I was a little disappointed that I went in and had the recording being played instead of a live teacher. That happened on my birthday too - it put me in a grumpy mood. Who gets up at 5:07am to drive to Delta on their birthday to take a yoga class with a recording? LAME! If I teach at FH again next year, I will get some classes there and visit once or twice a week - it is convenient... but I will voice my opinion about the "bend like hell" Bikram recording. I can do that at school... and I don't have to get up that early. 

This month, June, I did Hip Hop, ran, 80 Day, and yoga. I don't have any yoga studio passes right now. I was going to get the ten class pack from Y again and I was also considering joining their mentorship program... but I think I am going to rent space at the Dance Centre once a week and start building my own dance company/crew; #downed. (stay tuned!) I didn't get to ballet yet - but I have classes planned for the first week of July. My achilles tendon doesn't hurt anymore - I don't know what that was about... back in March... but I haven't been to ballet since then. I miss it.

I tried a coached run through the Nike app that I liked: Level Up, Level Down. It was speed training. It pooped me right out. I plan on trying more of those this summer. I will try to write about each of those after I do them, so I have a record of which ones I liked.

As for summer, I want to keep doing it all. I will bring home my weights, sliders, and bands from school and do 80 Day on my patio. I will do yoga on my patio and around the city with friends. I will dance at Harbour as much as I can. I will run around the C wall and through Stanley Park. I will still film my Dance365 and make my videos... almost everyday.... I want to meet with dance friends at the Dance Centre once a week and collaborate... into creation of something new. Life is good! The goal: to stay fit, happy, and healthy so that when I retire at my surfing beach... I can still have the strength to surf! ONE DAY.. the dream will be real.

Have an awesome summer everyone - happy everythinging!

Sunday 6:30 - 7:00am English Bay Run

I woke up this morning, I can see the sun peaking through the curtain, I tried to close my eyes and go back to sleep, but I wanted to run. So, I got up and ran. I haven't run since I had plantar fasciitis, last year. I had my new Apple Watch I wanted to test out - I am sure that was some of my motivation to get up and go. (I got it for graduation from my parents - thank-you! I am planning to write about it after I have tested it out a little bit more.... wait for that blog... it won't get written until after Frank Hurt events slow down.)

I went down to the alley and tried to play Spotify but it wasn't coming out my headphones. (I later found out, it was coming out my phone and I had woken up Jonny... ooops!) I played my Harrison Chill Yoga class and set the Nike Run Club to 5km. I ran down my alley and to English Bay and back. I forgot how much I love just getting up and running out the door. I love to be out by the ocean and just thinking and moving.

I was surprised that I wasn't winded. I kept a quick pace and wasn't out of breath. I felt good. I am going to book some more runs into my schedule for this week.

Things I thought about:

• Since I just finished reading Barbarian Days, I was thinking, why do I live here? The ocean is so flat. I almost escaped when I lived in Indo and almost stayed there... but came home for my mom. I need to live somewhere where I can get up and surf in the morning. Although, it is too late for me now... I am old. There is no hope. I wasted my time. That is depressing. 
• There are two boats still on the shore from that wind storm we had a month ago. Were they drug running boats? How come the owner or the city hasn't cleaned them up? 
• I should get a boat. 
• Can I live in Squamish? I would miss this run. I can always move back. I am not selling, just renting. I guess I would find some new runs there, I just hope I don't run into any bears. 
• There is a cool dancing spot. 
• I could do my yoga on the kids park - no one is there this early in the morning. I am too tired today... or lazy.. but maybe the next time. Maybe Carrie will come and meet me. 

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Thursday 6 - 7:30 Bikram Yoga Delta - Lisa 

Thursday 1:30 - 2:30 Hip Hop - Victor 

Friday 6 - 7:30 Bikram Yoga Delta - Ahn 

Saturday 10 - 11:30 Lyrical - Jessie 

Was going to write... but Biggy wants to type.

Tuesday 9:30 - 11am Bikram Yoga Delta with Lisa. ME: Let's DELETE and try that again

Yesterday morning I took the 9:30am class at Bikram Yoga Delta. I usually get up and take the 6am class but today, I have two spares in the morning and thought I would spend the morning with my son. My son ending up being bad for dad after I left and I ended up having a not so awesome class. I was so excited to go too. I had just got my 200 Hour Yoga Teacher certificate the day before so maybe that was making me excited. There are so many things that can make a class go wrong. There will always be something. The trick is to try and keep going and not let it stop you. I try to stop thinking about what is going wrong and bring the focus back to the breath.

Too hot. Tried to hard too fast. This is a half marathon not an 800 meter dash.
breathe.
Blood test yesterday. Haven't taken class in a month. Not enough water?
breathe slowly 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...
I didn't get enough sleep, I am worried about the surgery, they are going to fill me up with CO2 like a balloon... and then make me fart on the table???
Inhale, exhale
I stayed up reading my book too late.
Breathe.
It is too hot.
Breathe.

What I really think happened, was a combination of elements. What I did was bring my focus back to my breath. I knelt down when I got dizzy and tried to at least do each side of everything, but maybe not both sets. When I would get back up, breathe, and try again... when I got dizzy and thought I would fall, I knelt again and focused on my breathing. I kept trying to get back up until I realized that I couldn't. Then, I laid on my back and breathed. Once everyone met me on the floor, where I couldn't fall, I kept going. I didn't try as hard as I wanted to. I saved some energy and focused on breathing. I finished, I staid in the class. I smiled. I kept trying.

The first thought in my mind was: I have to come back tomorrow and try again. I have to delete this class. I will let you know how that goes.

Sunday 9 - 10:30am YYoga - Power with Duncan

This was my first class with Duncan. He looks like a surfer dude and he has a good sense of humor. He makes you work hard but he reminds you not to take it too seriously. I am trying to write everything about this class but Christian won't leave me... there he goes... go play Biggio... love you. Ok where was I? This class was hard. It was the first time I didn't bring my full mat towel and I needed it. No one else had one but I am a sweaty chica. I like learning these new styles of yoga. I regret staying and giving Bikram so much dedication. I should have expanded sooner. However, I am excited for this new journey and I am grateful for the strength I have from everything that I have done and do.

My mind wandered at the end of class. I started thinking about Jonny and his mom. It scares me sometimes, the similarities I see between them. They both feel like they deserve more - feel like the world has wronged them. This reminds me of Gord. I am sure Jonny is scared about how much I am like my dad... and mom too... anyways - it was a weird thought pattern brought on by Jonny's sadness almost clinical depressive type state of stuckness he has been in. I feel like throwing him in the truck and driving somewhere - running away - but he is going to meet Nathan and we are broke. Always broke lately. I just need to travel and get away. I need to run away more often and have trips booked to look forward to... and there is nothing to look forward to right now. My only hope is that I get a job somewhere new and get out of this rut. I am happy that school is ending and that my yoga certificate is almost complete - life if going well. I just know it will be better if we have a fresh start somewhere new. New adventure time - even if it is just for a year or two and come back... or up to Squamish and traveling on every break... something needs to change for change to happen.

Oh - and I loved the wrist stretches at the start of class. I have to remember those for Break class. One hand up and one down, switch. Both together and hands down with wrists forward. Then palms down and wrists forward as you lean back on your knees and peel the hands up.

Focus: Transitions - slowly moving through. Focus on one thing you do that makes you happy - send out positive vibes. Surfing, ballet, skating... beach... sun!!! Family.