So, yah, Wendy is a bumblebee. The karate belt after yellow (at her school) is yellow with a black stripe, so they call it a bumblebee. The coolest part of her testing was when a black belt held a board in front of her unexpectedly while she was doing front snap kicks, and she broke her first board. She said, “Mommy I didn’t even feel it!” And I said, “That means you did it right. If your foot hurt after breaking the board, you would have been doing it wrong.”
She also started softball this week at school. She has never played a team sport and I think karate has given her the confidence to try this. She now knows what her body may be capable of.
Alice PR’ed this week in the 400m at track with a 1:21. She’s hoping to pump out a 6 min mile this season. I find it hard to even type that, personally.
Tuesday I ran a bit on the treadmill and did a full body weight workout. Crunches were bicycle on the floor, oblique on the ball and reverse crunches on the captains chair. Planks were straight arm with the BOSU flat side up, side planks with a stright arm, and 1 min 20 second hold on elbows and toes!
Today I skipped the gym to clean the house. I’ve been motivated to move this week, but not necessarily at the gym.
2010 goal update: 4184 crunches, 90 minutes of plank remaining.
