Friday, June 21st

 

At 3:00 I attended Ali Vincent’s workout at Kerry Park.  Kerry Park has an iconic view of Seattle so it was a lovely backdrop for the camera shots.   Ali’s workout kicked my butt and it is on film!  I am so embarrassed.  I hope it doesn’t make it to the TV show but I have a feeling it will.  At the end of the warm-up, she had us doing a crab walk that utilized upper arm strength.  I could not do it.  I was behind every single person by a long shot.  After the disastrous warm-up, we were divided into groups, and went to 5 different stations to do exercises.  Jumping Rope, Planks, Squats, Jumping Jacks, and Lunges.  Everything had to be done for 1 minute.  We did this 3 times with jogging laps of the park in between.  After the workout was done Ali talked and answered questions for a half hour.  We then had a group photo taken.

 

Mark and I went to dinner at Pagliacci Pizza only a few short blocks away.  It is so nice to be able to walk to lunch and dinner from the condo.  We then spent the rest of the evening in front of the spectacular windows taking pictures and enjoying the view.  I took a couple hundred of pictures of the Space Needle.  We set the alarm for 4:45am.  I went to bed about 9:30pm.  I was exhausted from waking up early, Ali Vincent kicking my butt in that workout and worrying too.   I have to admit, after the workout, I had serious doubts about my ability to finish the half marathon.  My confidence did a serious nosedive.  A good night’s sleep took my worries away and renewed my self-belief.