Last workout of 2010...

New Year's Eve and we're heading to the gym with focus, determination and renewed zeal. Yesterday we made a mid-week trek to the north to get some training tips on the Concept 2 and then submitted to a brutal but oh-so-fabulous circuit that left us half-dead. It was one of those experiences where you look back and think, wow, that was SO worth the trip! And what a way to end the year - never did we think we'd be this far along in our dragon boat goals so soon...and sometimes we truly have to pinch ourselves. Happy New Year - may it bring  all much peace, prosperity, health and happiness.

Week 11 on tap

First day back at the gym yesterday and it felt like we'd been gone forever! (The way my body feels this morning just cements that notion even further.) We, completely coincidentally, wore matching shirts and black bottoms... which prompted several curious glances and comments. "Are you two on a weightlifting team?" was my favorite. Hee. So we took a moment (within our 90" of rest of course) to talk about this dragon boat adventure we're on :) Dorky as it may seem, we might plan matching outfits again sometime :)

There is a downside to all this exercise...

... just one teensy little one. My arms no longer fit into any of my shirts!! If I liked shopping that wouldn't be such a problem, but I don't. And then there's the issue of this gorgeous leather jacket i treated myself to last year... I can get it on but I sure as heck can't move in the thing. Sigh.

Skip a week and jump to 8

Not sure what happened.. but time flew by and we are now midway thru week 8! Or maybe we were just numb from the pain and it took all our energy just to function semi-normally! Which might explain why our first set at the gym today seemed crazy long. I would say it was on my 8th rep of the lat pull down that i realized I had managed to combine two different programs into one monster one. Oops! But hey, what's a little extra pain when you're going for a gold medal on a world stage? Pish!

Week 6

Halfway through week six... not sure what happened but after today we're both about as useful as bowls of jiggly jello. I could barely get my bra off and thought i might end up showering with the sucker... and G, though she apparently managed to get herself naked had trouble getting clean undergarments back on! And when i tried to unscrew a nice new cabernet bottle... lord almighty i almost had to walk over to my neighbor's and ask for help! Mad crazy. Gotta say... it's like we're on drugs... we want more more more!

Week five - DONE

Happy to see this one go.... got out of bed (well, crawled more like) this morning absolutely thrilled at the prospect of tomorrow being completely, totally, exercise FREE. The massive headache (umm well maybe it was a wee bit of a hangover) did not help... and the prospect of driving up to Montreal for two hours of delicious torture was not quite as appealing as usual.... but we went, we pushed ourselves and exceeded all expectations (as in not throwing up was quite an accomplishment to be sure!). Hour pool paddle followed by a killer circuit, a 150-rep ab thing, plus a "race" on the erg. About all I can accomplish tonight is nothing. Followed by a bit more nothing and then bed.

Have to admit that this week's gym funny was at G's expense again (getting to be a bit of a pattern... heh heh). Long story short...saw a friend, did a little more chatting than spotting while G was on the bench press.. didn't quite notice she was having trouble with her last rep... and suffice it to say her boobies ended up a leeetle bit sore and squished. Whoops! I guess whatever punishment she metes out to me this week will be wholly deserved. Sigh. 

Coach A

Our awesome first international coach and supporter... he's the one who's been pushing and encouraging us this last year. There've definitely been times we've wanted to stuff him into a machine or two, but we wouldn't be where we are without him (even though he is a Duke fan). He wanted a page on here all to himself but I've got work to do and besides, can't let his head get any bigger... he'd look really weird.