Nearly three months postpartum, but needing much more than that to motivate me to get back into a healthy exercise routine, I pleaded with some friends to enter an adventure race I had seen advertised. I figured it would take something like that to jump start my "engine" and force me to find time to exercise again. I knew I would work hard leading up to the race for fear that I wouldn't be able to keep up with my team and I hoped the routines I developed would continue on after the race. It only takes 21 days to form a habit, right??
My girlfriends agreed to enter (Courtney actually was actually one of the brains behind its birth) and we started working out... a practice run put one of our teammates out of running, but we found another and kept training.
4 hours and 46 minutes of trail running, swimming, snow shoeing, mountain biking, orienteering, canoeing, firefighting, army crawling and slip and sliding...led to excitement, exhaustion, pride, exhilaration, and bonding. Sign us up again next year!
Courtney snowshoeing
Colleen and I swimming
Colleen and I slip and sliding and army crawling
Courtney and Colleen mountain biking
Colleen and I orienteering...yes there was mud!
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