Month 3 Week 2 Day 6

Breakfast- 1/2 Plate of Prosperity at Naked Cafe
Snack- a few sun chips, maybe ten
Lunch-other 1/2 of plate
Snack- cheese and fruit
Dinner- 1/2 crabcake, hardly any breading; rare ahi; filet of beef

I actually made it on time to Tamarack at 8am! We basically did the workout that I missed last week. They ran on the boardwalk, and at each staircase, we went up and either did pushups or squats at the top or bottom of the stairs.

One time, it was cool because Rudy told me to go ahead to the other staircase while he took up the rear. It was a neat feeling to 'lead' the group. I have no idea how, but I get a decent pace and no one passed me, not sure if it is because they didn't want to emberass me, or if I was able to keep up a good speed.

At the top of one of the staircases, there was green patch, where we circled up and did 100 steam engines, and I think we did pushups and squats and stretched.

At the very very end of the boardwalk, is a hill. Rudy had us partner up with someone so that we could sprint side by side. Nicole Locke was my partner, and we booked it up the hill. I think she already had a mental picture of my zooming ahead and she kind of made it happen, because she was kidding about me giving her a head start, and when we went, she was ahead, and she stopped and she waited for me. I told her to keep going, but then I zoomed ahead. She thought I was giving her a head start, but she really was ahead in her own right. :) I think the mental pictures we put or don't put in our heads can really make a difference. We did good though. The second time, I kept cheering her on while we ran. It's really good to team up, I think. It helped me to push myself and give me energy, as well as remember to be encouraging.

On the way back, we ran it the same way, going up and down each staircase. About 3 staircases too early, Alicia and I thought we were done, so we put forth some good energy into the staircase and kind of depleted our reserves. All of us were so thirty that day and only like one of us was wise enough to bring a canteen. Props to Natalie and her generosity to share with those of us who were not so prepared.

After the workout, I went to my car to get some waters for Sal and Rudy. Four large men were near my car and two were leaning on the trunk of my car! Sheesh! I tried to be polite and give the idea in a lighthearted way that this was my car and maybe they'd get the idea to probably not be leaning on it. Well, nope. They didn't get the idea, and I wasn't gonna start a fight. In any case, later, we all decide to go to naked Cafe in Carlsbad. I start to go towards my car, and Rudy is heading to his, and he notices the guys leaning on my car... he asks me if that is my car and I say, 'yeah, it's okay... I already tried to talk to them'. And he says kind of under his breath, 'no respect...'. So he proceeds to walk with me to my car and you can totally see the guys start moving as they see me approach with our dear Rudy. LOL! Thinking back, HOW GREAT WAS THAT?! They say something dumb like, 'oh, we thought she was going to get lunch.' and Rudy in his way, kind of light but also in a way that exuded a quiet, confident, 'don't mess' attitude, said, 'yeah, that was me.' ahahahahaha! What a fun, perfect way to have resolved that fairly irritating situation!