This post is for Friday January 29, 2010. Read my update post from a few days ago if you want the lowdown on why I’m posting it today.
This is day 2 of no school due to weather incidents and it’s been great! I’ve been doing a bit more hanging out than usually, so it’s nice to be connecting with old friends. We still don’t have power, so we’ve been trying to find ways to entertain ourselves.
Today we decided to go to the city (OKC) and meet up with some buddies to go sledding. This would be the first time I’ve gone sledding in Oklahoma, so we’ll see how the slopes are.
I have to admit, I was very surprised to check out the hills. It looked like a mini valley with sharp angles and high slopes. It was absolutely awesome. Looking down felt intimidating because of the steep angle and the fear of hitting someone down below.
This place was crowded to the rim with people from all walks of life. The whole area was pretty icy, so you had to watch where you stepped or you could find your face making some new friends on the snow. I did hit the pavement once, embarrassing, but it was more funny than anything. I managed to get it on video with my Droid Eris, so it’s pretty random to see the video wobble and then readjust.
My Workout
I’m going to consider this my workout because of the fact you feel out of breath afterwards; sledding is a serious business. Since the hills were high, you had to put some effort into climbing back up. One of my friends literally crawled up; no shame : )
You had to be very careful because it was pretty much ice and you needed to get a good grip, or else you were going to go sliding. If you stopped, you would fall. If you went slow, you would fall. It was intense. I felt like I was sprinting hills, because if you didn’t have a running start, you weren’t going to make it. I was so surprised to find myself panting when I reached the top. I almost couldn’t handle it for a second, because I couldn’t believe how hard it was to get back up. After a while some of my friends stopped going down because they didn’t want to come back up : P
I couldn’t really record data for this workout because I couldn’t measure the hills and didn’t count how many times I went down. We were there for about 30-45 minutes and had some considerable runs. At one point we even managed to connect to sleds together so we could get more people going down at the same time.
I had a bruise going into sledding, and I came out with a bigger one. I kept on, somehow, hitting it on something and after a while I just gave up trying to protect it. I didn’t feel much pain, but it’s one hell of a battle wound. I think of it like a souvenir in fact.
Post-Workout
My post-workout meal was a bad one. I know I’m going to regret putting this online and don’t judge me; it’s embarrassing. Let me just put this out there, I need to find healthier friends.
Everyone decided that we needed to go to Burger King for some lunch. I know that BK isn’t truly vegan, but there really wasn’t much around and I was hungry after that workout. I got the veggie burger option and it’s not bad. I’ve eaten it before, so I didn’t completely mind.
I know BK wasn’t the healthiest choice, but at the very least, food was better than no food, or that’s how my stomach felt. If you’re wanting to get the specifics, I ate a veggie burger combo with fries and a drink. What’s worse is the fact that I enjoyed eating that fast food.
NOTE TO SELF: Lets stop eating fast foods this year.
End of the Program Analysis:
I’ll be spending the next few days to reflect and analyze the four week program. I’ll be sharing my findings and looking at what I’ll do from here. If I decide to do another program, there are a few things I have in mind that I’d like to do differently, so I’ll go into more of that later.
You can expect this by the end of the week, so don’t get all of your panties into a bundle. It will come when it comes. Stay tuned and I’ll reveal more later.
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