Well last night at bootcamp was awesome! When I showed up I was sooooo not ok with running in the 20 degree windchill that was going on outside without a hat, gloves, or my inhaler, but guess what....I survived and Tina knew I would right along with everyone else :) It was a different type of run....we ran straight down the road to a certain point and turn around and came back. The first person finished had to run back and get the second person and finish with them, then they both had to turn around and go get the third person and finish with them and so on. I couldn't tell you the amazing feeling when I had about 6 girls running to me cheering me on with every running step I took. We all had headlights on along with our reflective vests because it was dark out and as soon as I saw those little bobbing headlights and knew they were coming for me I picked up the pace and all I could do was smile. I felt very alone the whole run because I didn't have my inhaler I ended up trailing behind most of the group and it was an incredible feeling to have all those girls coming to finish with me. Absolutely incredible!
After we finished running, we came back inside and did stations with partners. There were two exercises at each station, so while you were doing one, your partner was doing the other and then after 30 seconds you'd switch. We ended up switching 3 times at each station before we moved on to the next station then after we were done we all went around one last time, 30 seconds at each exercise one more time around. One of the exercises was a sprint on the treadmill. The first time around Tina has the treadmill set at 7.2 speed and I was having a very hard time staying on without holding on. The last time around it was set at 7.6 and I looked at Tina like she was wacko. She told me I could turn it down to 7.2, but she was going to come increase it after I got on. I turned it down to 7.0 and when I saw her coming bumped it up myself to 7.5! Tina, of course, bumped it up to 7.6 (to prove I could do it I'm pretty sure) and I took it upon myself to bump it up again to 8.0!! I ran at 8.0!!!! I couldn't even believe it. But then again I've done things at bootcamp with Tina that I NEVER thought I could do before. I can't tell you how amazing it feels when someone else believes in you so much! Bootcamp this session has truely been an absolute blast! I've made friends, I've connected personally with my trainer and found she is probably the most wonderful, inspirational, motivating person I know. I am truely VERY sad that I will need to miss the March bootcamp for financial reasons. As I write that I'm almost in tears, because I honestly love my boot camp experience. The women are awesome, the trainers are awesome, the workouts are hard but VERY awesome. I've improved not only physically but mentally this session and I can NOT wait to do it again in March. My month off WILL be productive. I WILL have better numbers all the way around when I start my next bootcamp. I WILL continue attending as many classes as I can at Willowbridge, I WILL workout and do strength training at home. I WILL succeed!!
To Tina - Thank you so much for everything you've taught me. About nutrition, about fitness, about this horrible, wonderful, hard, trying, mentally crazy journey of mine, and most importantly thank you for what you've taught me about myself. You are an inspiration in more ways that I can even describe. I value your opinion, loyalty, and friendship more than I can even put in to words. Thank you for the endless before/after bootcamp chats to reinforce my belief in myself. Thank you for taking the time out of your own personal life to let me know that I CAN do it and that I WILL do it. There are so many times I wanted to give up, I wanted to be done, I thought I couldn't do it anymore and because YOU believed in me, I began to believe in me again. I will miss boot camp tremendously, but I'll be back. You have NOT seen the last of me. Next time I join boot camp you'll literally see less of me :) I promise! :)
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