Adding Something New

I've been struggling since moving here to FL. It's been hard to find my motivation to get moving. I've started and stopped several workouts without any success. I signed up for the Pensacola Marathon earlier this year in hopes that it would keep me motivated and moving; however with the heat and humidity here my runs have suffered which in turn have me hating running. I don't want to run. I don't want to workout. I don't want to eat well. I don't want to do anything. It's making me a pretty miserable person to be around.
Last week, I decided that enough was enough and it was time to get back in the game. No more pitty-parties, no more woe-is-me attitude. I talked to Chris about it and we agreed that the bootcamp class I'd been talking about would be a good start. So, I did it. I signed up. It won't hurt my marathon training any (mostly because I haven't been able to stick to the training), it will only make me stronger.
The bootcamp class meets 4 times a week at the track across from my house. It's at Katelynn's school so there is a playground. On evenings when Chris works the kids can come with me which he ends up bringing them over anyway and they love going and playing with the other kids! We started off the first class with measurements:

My home scale says 164. Other then that the measurements are not that far off from the last time I had them taken. Day 1 was a Ladder Workout.
Bicep Curls
Overhead press
v-ups
2-count russian twist
squat
reverse lunge
reps: 10, 20, 30, 40, 30, 20, 10
Suicides between each set of reps (do 10 of every exercise, do suicides; do 20 of every exercise, do a suicide, etc). I used a blue band. For the lunges if it's 10 reps, then it's 5 on each side for a total of 10.
When the workout was done we did core.
45 second plank
1 minute plank
alphabet plank
**45 minutes to do the ladder workout. I made it to the second set of 30, but only did 5 squats before time ran out. My planks were quite pathetic.
I ran Tuesday morning with my friend Suzanne. We actually ended up doing 9.8 miles at a run/walk (average pace of 12:14). I was only planning on about 4-5, but we ended up going further. The last 2 miles were mostly walking. I know I wouldn't have gotten out without her!
Tuesday evening was Day Two of bootcamp class. This was the workout: Bear Down

It was a tough, but fun workout. His handwriting is impossible to read which is probably a good thing because I might have ran home after reading it.
4 Gassers (2 minutes). This is a fancy name for sprints. Out and back two times. You had 2 minutes, so if you went out and back twice in one minute, you had a minute rest before repeating. We repeated it 5 times.
DWL/Pushups. Double walking lunge for 30 seconds, stop and do pushups for 30 seconds. Keep repeating for a total of 4 minutes. My arms were on fire by the third set.
Bear crawl/Prisoner squats. Bear crawl for 30 seconds, prisoner squat for 30 seconds. Keep repeating for a total of 4 minutes. My quads were screaming by the second set. I was literally sitting on the ground pounding on my quads to help loosen them up (I'm sure my morning run didn't help this any). Harder then it looks!
SLL/Plank. Single leg lunge and planks. Same as other exercises, repeat for 4 minutes.
Squat kicks/Flutterkicks. Again, repeat these things for 4 minutes.
4 Windy's. More sprints. Only this time it was one time down and back, but you only got 1 minute. Repeated 5 times.
Finish workout with alphabet planks. This is where you hold the plank position while the group goes through naming things in the alphabet (ie - items in Wal-mart, things you'd eat for breakfast).
It's safe to say that my abs were on fire after day 2!!
Wednesday is my weekly run. They don't have bootcamp class on Wednesday morning and I couldn't go to the night class so no bootcamp this day. My Wednesday runs happen downtown at WOB (World of Beer) with my Team RWB teammates. I opted to do the 5k since I did almost 10 miles on Tuesday and I didn't want to overdue it. I ended up walk/running it with my friend Victoria. We completed it in around 43 minutes (it was her first 5k!!).
Thursday I met Suzanne again for another run. This time we kept it short. We ran 5 miles (average pace 12 minute mile). It was a beautiful route! 90% of the course was along the water. It was a little hot, but overall a very good run. Day 3 of bootcamp was Tick Tock:

2 laps on the track (1/2 mile)
Then 30 seconds of each of the exercises, followed by one minute break, then repeat exercises 3 more times (total of 4 rounds). Repeat only exercises no the laps on the track.
Jumping Jacks
High Knees
Pushups
Supermans
Mountain Climbers
Russian Twists
Ski Abs
Prisoner Squats
After all 4 rounds, run 2 more laps around the track.
Finish with 90 second plank
I did not do the 90 second plank. Apparently bringing a Bronco's towel when your trainer is a Chargers fan warrants tire flipping. I flipped the tire for 90 seconds while everyone else held the plank. You can see by the sunset that even God is a Broncos fan!

Day 4 of bootcamp class was on Friday morning. It was a repeat of Thursday night's workout. I normally workout in the evenings but since I missed Wednesday for my weekly run, I made it up by coming to the Friday morning class. Chris has to leave for work at 630, so I need to cut the workouts short by 15 minutes, so it's a good thing it's only a repeat of the night before. I did the whole workout, but only made it one time around the track before having to head home.
Saturday was a rest day for me. Sunday was my long run. I did not want to get out of bed, but I did. The sunrise was beautiful! My photo does not do it justice.

My running Coach Michael has had an injury and has been riding his bike with me during my long runs. He actually ran with me this week! We completed 11.5 miles in 2:05 (10 of those miles were done in 1:45). We had a great run! It was my second good run in a row. I've been having so many bad runs, that I was really starting to worry about the marathon. I'm so very happy that my runs have started to turn around. Of course it has coincided with the weather getting better and not nearly as humid (nothing like finishing a run looking like you just swam in the ocean). For most of August and September when I would finish my long runs I would hobble into the house and then not move from the couch all day - I was stiff and sore and upset from having to walk so much. The last two weeks I have felt good and have actually not lost an entire day because of a run. It's a great feeling!
Tonight it's back to bootcamp! Monday's class was cancelled because of the holiday.