A co-worker has been trying to get me to go to a boot camp exercise class that he attends twice a week… I can’t go to the Saturday classes so the last Tuesday I planned to go it rained and the class was cancelled because it is outdoors…  I told him yesterday that I was going today and then this afternoon he got word that the class was going to be cancelled because of the chance for rain… he looked at me and said, “If this class is cancelled again.. you might be a jinx..”

We talked to Jeff and he assured us that there should be no rain or storms over Roanoke County around 7:00pm - so after talking to the organizers - class was back on and I was back to being nervous… I like running because no one has to count on me and I don’t have to count on anyone else… in this class you pair up with people for some of the exercises and there are obstacle courses… I thought I was going to look silly and uncoordinated but I was wrong…

It was awesome!! The only thing is that my partner was significantly stronger than me… so I got the harder workout during one of the exercises…

Here’s how it works… pretend you are a horse and someone is holding the reins on you - this is done with a giant rubber band that goes around your waste - your partner has the ends and is facing the same direction as you… then you are instructed to run as fast as you can up a hill while your partner is instructed to do all they can to hold you back…

Needless to say… I was working like and ox and when it was my turn to hold the reins he was pulling me like a mule… I couldn’t dig in enough to hold him back… so our instructor’s husband showed up and he stepped in to take my place which was some sweet gratification.. because then my partner had to work as hard as me…

Ultimately, good experience and I will do it again… nice to change things up a little bit…