Suddenly I became a Sprinter!

I am sitting here trying to workout how to sum up tonight's session in a blog. I want you guys to feel the elation, and excitement that I felt tonight.  I could relate it to a few things.  If you have ever watched Forrest Gump and you remember the scene where his braces fall off, and young forest lifts his head with a triumphant smile and says "If I was going anywhere, I was running"..... that was the goofy smile you would have seen on my face on the school oval tonight.  

One of the exciting things about this first week with Ian & Step Into Life Labrador has been the unknown,  Once again quoting Forrest - Life is like a box of chocolates -you never know what your gonna get. I have been pretty routined in my training for the last 8 months, I do the same sets & days each week.  All of a sudden, I am training with the unknown factor.  I know that I am going for a "CardioMax" session but exactly what I am going to get I have no idea, and I kind of like that!

Walking onto the oval tonight I spotted cones in an oval setup, and some soccer balls.  Having heard of Ian's love for Soccer, it didn't surprise me when our first few exercises involved some soccer!!  As we jogged off around the oval, and later in the session sprinted around the oval thoughts went through my head like.... when was the last time you ran, on an oval, on grass??? At that moment I was no longer 36 years old and 118 kg.  Suddenly I was 15 again, running on a school oval.  I had to only think about one thing - running at my pace, pushing it, and enjoying it.  No expectations, no mortgage, just ME! 

The most crazy thing is I used to think exercise was all about burning the fat. Fighting to fit it in, never regretting a workout, but often thinking I really should be doing something else like housework or homework or book work.  But you know what the most important lesson about these sessions is: Its importance is up there with HOUSEwork, BOOKwork, PAPERwork, ...... but its more important then all of them its MEwork! 

GC 5.7km Challenge 2012

So tonight at 7pm I finished my 3rd session with Ian & Step Into Life, the session where I became a sprinter. The session where after 25 years I skipped, and remembered how crap I was with a good laugh. The session where I did push ups and the shocked the body by a shuttle sprint. 
Happy with my foundation efforts. Thrilled with the awesome new people I met again!  
44 minutes (the working part of the session) - 468 calories!  

PS I believe my leg muscles have been activated!