Friday, October 30, 2009

Recap of the Week October 30th


What an amazing week in San Diego. It actually felt like fall a few times this week. We kicked off our week on Saturday with an amazing 5 mile run up the coast. We had over 20 runners join us for running, hill sprints, stair sprints, even some backward running. Everyone finished! I even heard that a few people were tracking their calories burned and were hovering around 700 - amazing! Fellow Camper and caterer extraordinaire, Keely, was waiting for us on the beach with a beautiful Forever Fit breakfast with white table linens and glass serving dishes. As always, she exceeded my expectations. How did we get so lucky to have her in our group? :)

Monday morning we started off with our timed 1/2 mile run. Cori Crockett led the group with a 3:30 finish only to discover the next day that the little nagging pain she has been experiencing in her foot is a hairline fracture. We wish you a speedy recovery and we know it will kill you not to do the running at camp but we'll do all we can to support you and help you recover. Michelle Weber had most improved time. She shaved off 36 seconds from the beginning of camp. Amber Hale was a close second with most improved finishing 31 seconds faster.

Emma joined us at 9:15 on Monday so we could divide into 2 groups and switch continuously between cardio and strength. Wow! That was a doozy of a workout.

We had a record high attendance at Torrey Del Mar on Wednesday with 16 people. Thanks to Ann Maas, Amber Hale and Michelle Weber for taking 1/2 the group and leading them through the same grueling workout. I think we were all inspired by Lauren's fun workout pants. Super groovy!!! I think we all need a pair for the next boot camp session. Kathleen, we have to get a picture of those.

Thursday morning, we switched up the venue with the guys and headed over to Torrey Hills. Our reason? We were hoping for some park lights instead of working out in the dark this week. Unfortunately the lights around the park were on a timer that went off at 6:00 sharp, leaving us one more week working out in the dark. We hit the infamous stairs and finished off with a killer circuit near the playground. We even got to play around on the swings, although not in a conventional way. We have 2 new campers on Thursday morning. Welcome Richard Gonor and Sean Edwards. Sean made a great playlist for us which I'll share on this blog as soon as I get a copy.

We ended the week at Torrey Hills today. We had a small group of 6 because of all the Halloween Parades and Parties at school. We may have been small but we were tough! We even had Barb and Keely back today who were recovering a bit from their recent half marathon and full marathon. Great to have you back ladies.

Other news this week: Happy Birthday Brigid Reed! Welcome back to camp Cassie Nelson. Welcome to camp Rebecca Burnett. We miss you Robin Gaines (who will be out for a few weeks with a hip flexor injury). And way to go Anni Torres for getting out this week and doing that coastal run on your own (after doing it with the group on Saturday). Also, we will be starting our Holiday Challenge after Thanksgiving. Details coming soon. Please read all of the new posts this week. Kathleen has challenged you to share your Halloween successes this week. One point for everyone who contributes to her post. That point will carry over to the holiday challenge (wink!). Have a great weekend everyone and stay away from that evil candy ;)

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