The Heat!

I remember complaining about how I couldn't walk because there was snow and danger and how it would all be better in the summer time. At the time, I failed to remember how hot it gets. That's easy to do when you live in the moment...

I haven't been to Zumba in about a month due to vacation mode and doing other exercise activities in it's place. The Zumba studio gets extremely hot even when it isn't 90degrees outside so I haven't been real excited to try it out when the weather is sweltering. This week was the week to get back into though and I've been itching to start losing again instead of just maintaining. Tonight will be night two of "Walking with Nancy." Bigelow Hill has a couple of really challenging hills and the work out is extraordinary and it feels so good to be outside, even in the heat. The best part? Afterward we can jump in the pool and cool off properly. We would probably do races and stuff in the pool for a workout but being the fitness beast we are it is just too small... and its a circular pool so doing laps makes you dizzy pretty quickly...

I'd like to write more and provide some excellent content or wisdom or something but I'm dying to get back up to that hill and into that pool.... So instead I'm going to leave this office and go bask in the awesomeness that is the outside on Bigelow Hill!


<3Katie
day 372
178lbs

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