Day 30: Best Workout Yet

Wow - one third of the PCP is behind us "day 30" kids! (Aside - we need a team name, do we not? Any ideas?? Leave 'em below!). Go us!

For this morning's workout, I took a cue from Elena and borrowed my brother's stopwatch in order to keep my rest times down to what they should be. Also used my ipod and listened to music for the first time! I actually found it harder to listen to music and jump at the same time. Definitely need some faster tunes for this portion of the workout. But the rest of the exercises were made much more efficient and intense with the addition of a stopwatch and some rockin' tunes. I was very focused on each muscle group, pushing harder than I ever have before, and reeeaaaaaallllly grunting out the last few reps. Since I didn't have to hear myself grunt, it was easier to let it all out.

And, surprise surprise: as soon as I finished my last set of v-sits, I sat up to stretch in a forward bend and suddenly I was crying. I felt this wave of emotion come over me and just went with it. The tears weren't about anything in particular, they just needed to come out. This kind of thing happens to me in yoga from time to time. When we touch places deep inside the body, energy flows and sometimes releases undigested emotions. Just part of the process.

In other news, I think today is finally the day for my indulgence! What could be a better indulgence while on vacation than...a big ol' ice cream cone? Every year on our visit to Estes Park, we head down to one of the many touristy ice cream shops and pig out. We usually take pictures of the kids - the 4 cousins - with ice cream all over their faces, so this year I'll jump right in there too.

Tonight, after the kids go to bed, my hubby and bro and sis-in-law and I are planning to go out to the local watering hole to hear the "raucous acoustic hillbilly" stylings of a band called Big Smith. My plan is to work through all that ice cream with some good ol' fashioned rump-shakin'. I hope the bod is down with that plan - will report back tomorrow!