{Pain, Pain - Go Away}

So, about a week and a half ago I finally tried out a Boxing class.

It was an insanely intense workout.

I hated it.

I loved it.

Seriously, it made me sign up for that gym it was so awful but wonderful.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to go back yet since that first class.

I am looking forward to trying out their kickboxing class also.

Because they are a smaller gym, the class times for boxing and kickboxing are limited and with my crazy schedule, it makes it harder to attend during the 4 days I work.

A week ago I tried snowboarding for the first time also
A week of firsts!!
Snowboarding was a lot of fun and I definitely learned some things.
For one, and most importantly, stay on the bunny slopes until I get comfy and know how to "steer" and stop.
Steering and stopping are key.
Here are a few photo's from that day.

This is actually the view on the way home.

Loveland Ski Resort

My mom and myself

These ski lifts go up to the 2nd run I did (and should not have done).

If you notice, there's a Y. The right side is where the bunny slope comes out at.
The left side is where the 2nd run I did comes out at (and the harder runs as well).

I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I fell.
The 2nd run I did was the scariest to me. I'm afraid of heights so coming down the mountain scared me the most. Crazy, right?  I was lucky though and had 2 different friends stay with me on each run (the bunny and scary one). Overall, it was good times and I'll definitely go again.
I'm anxious to get it down pat so I can enjoy it fully.  :)

I had 2 really hard falls which made me thankful for the helmets.
The rest were easy falls.
I had lots of bumps and bruises though.
I didn't take a photo of the one directly below my ass cheek. haha

{Who does 2 a day full-body workouts and then runs the next day?}

Apparently, this girl.

Sunday, I barely made it to the BodyPump class. 

Barely.

When I got there I was #8 (and the last one) on the wait list.

I wrote about this workout here though.

Later that night, I found a full-body workout on Pinterest.

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So, I headed to my work gym since it was Prison Yard time (you know, the time where everyone and there mother is at the gym) at all my favorite gyms.

I only did this workout once instead of the suggested twice.

After just one round, my entire body was shaking and I'd reached muscle failure.

I did find out I'd reached muscle failure when I attempted to do it twice.

Yesterday, was C25K day. However, because of the ridiculous amounts of snow dumped on us this past Saturday and a little on Sunday, none of my trails outside were clear.

Dreadmill it is then.

Instead of following C25K on the dreadmill, because it sucks balls, I decided to just run it out.

I ran at a 12:00 pace for 20 minutes straight. 

After that, my head got the better of me and I decreased it to 4.3 (I didn't even look to see what that pace is, just know this: slow). I even walked for a minute. I finished slow, but only walked a minute.

I'm okay with that. My body hurt from the day before.

You can't really tell from the picture but my face was extremely red after this run.
It also seemed fitting that the first song Pandora played from the "Hard Rock Strength Training" station was Another Way to Die

I also went back to work last night after being off on vacation for 7 full days.

I sit at a desk for 12 hours. 

I can't get away for long.

Quick breaks here and there.

Do you know what sitting for 12 hours does to your body after working out like that 2 days in a row?

It hurts.

I was in so much pain last night.

Like I knew I needed to stretch but that stretching would hurt also.

It was a good pain though.

A pain I'm proud of.

Today, I decided to make my "off" day.

I'll hit it back up Wednesday night at our work gym with a co-worker for Upper body & Cardio.

Saturday is the 3rd 5k race of my goal {One 5k Race A Month for 12 Months}

It's the Bunny Bolt.

I'm pretty excited.

It's been forever since my last 5k race!

I'm also craving Reese's Cups!! o_O

Thank you, monthly friend.

It makes me happy to know you remind me each month that you are indeed there for me.