Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Feeling 41... or maybe 64

I've been telling people that part of my Mudder training has been to run up a small ski slope.  Up and down, up and down.  And to describe it, I've been saying it's "maybe 1/4 of a mile or a bit less."   Today I used my handy-dandy gps app only to discover it's...

.08 miles ... not even 1/10th of a mile up hill. 

** THAT'S IT?!?!?!? **


With all of the heart pounding workouts that I felt like I was doing I was only going up .08 miles?! 

*Head desk*

Now, just to make sure that you don't start to believe that I'm an UTTER whimp (i am... i just don't want you believing that) we do go up and down that hill SEVERAL times.  Plus sometimes we run 4.2 miles TO the hill, then go up and down the hill, then do some other things like pushups, squats, etc.  You get the picture.

I'm as tough as nails!

But as I was struggling to keep up the pace with my young compadre (Ms. Samantha Schulz... you rock!) I felt very 41.  And I thought she looked very 20-something (which she is) as I chugged behind her begging God for enough air to fill my lungs to go another few steps.  I even thought... "maybe I feel more like 53.  or even 64..."  *sigh*


So these are two of my cute friends... Samantha and Curtis. They're still newlyweds, in my book, and cute as ever.  Curtis has run Tough Mudder before (notice the coveted, orange headband?!) and decided to stoop down to our level today and work out with us.  Of course, he went up and down that HUGE hill a few more times than we did.  And he didn't look dead when he was done. He actually makes it look like a breeze. 

Samantha and I have known each other for many years.  I love her spirit and her determination, but best of all she loves the Lord.  I love that about her!  Thanks for waiting on the old lady today, Samantha!  T-10!!!

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