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So apparently I’ll be trying to write a blog at least once a week now or I have to wrestle Eric.  Not that I couldn’t beat him, but this is just easier and less strenuous, plus I don’t have to get all sweaty.  I’ll keep this first blog short, just in an effort to reach out to some of you old school clients like Repugnant Jim; T-Dog; Mikey, Leonard & Frank Izzo in FLA; Boston Eva; Lau, how you like me now; Scott the avenger; Broken-ankle-but-I’ll-still-run Katherine and her awesome husband Sure-Sure Victor; Wendy, queen of crunches; Alex the sarcastic; Thai-Pimp Mike; Delta Jim; Dottie and her bionic dad, Ed; Javier, my karaoke partner; Kevin the multi-lingual; Diane, Lise, Deborah — the Golden Girls; Will the republican lawyer; Sargon the Majestic; Nancy, Ron, Michelle, Tracy, AFA,  Matt, Dr. Eric; Alli the incorrigible; Tamara the innocent, my little Donkey and favorite sidekick Basma, and of course, the one and only, least-flexible-on-the-planet, loudest groaner of all time, Baby Dragon Phil:

How you guys all doing?

That is all.  I hope some of you will blog and let us all know about your accomplishments and any goals you may have achieved since leaving our happy little program here in sunny SoCal, and since that’s the topic, I’ll take this opportunity to brag:  I just finished my first triathlon.  For any of you who weren’t here to listen to me go on and on about it, I came in eleventh in the SuperClydesdale division with a time of 3 hours and 20 minutes (superclydesdale=220 lbs or more & there were twelve of us — one guy couldn’t finish).

What are you all up to?  I heard Repugnant Jim did some cross country skiing and climbed a mountain, and I heard Mikey was thinking about running a race with his mom, and Leonard called me to tell me he’s taken up boxing.  Anyone else?  Would love to hear some stories.

So much for keeping it short.

-g 

It’s been 6 weeks since I left it’salwaysabeautifuldayinsunnycalifornia. All things are go for me. My biggest surprise after 8 weeks at Camp Technique is that Eric did make me a runner. Never did I expect that. I wasn’t exactly when I left. I was still struggling. Greg told me more than once that it’s the best fat burner. That is what kept it on my list and now I run 4 miles 5-7 times per week on my local rails-to-trails trail. I have my husband lumbering behind me and he’s getting better. I rewarded myself with an ipod shuffle and find the different music pacing me. If you know “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” you know my pace. Hardly fast but steady for an hour. Yes I’m proud and feeling great. I started Boot Camp at 156 34% (are we supposed to tell all?) and left at 136 24% and now am 127 20%! I am one happy camper who still eats every 4 hours and keeps tupperwares in the fridge. I eyeball my protein and carb and it seems to be working. Through my local Y I found a crazy ex-marine chiropractor who gives his own boot camp 3 mornings per week at 5:30AM. Would you believe there are 68 of us who show up for it! Honestly, with working, I go only once per week but it reminds me of the super charge I got with my buddies in Marina del Ray. If someone would have offered me my own full time trainer and cook here at home, I know now, it would never compare to the experience I had at Camp Technique. My trainers Jen double n, Arleigh, Greg, Nicole, Nicola taught me more than they will ever know, just by being who and how they were. I will post again but now send all my very best. Hey Leonard, are we stilll crusing in spring of ‘08??!

Hello to new and old campers.  I hope everyone is hanging in there if you are a current camper and trying to stay with it if you are an old member.  Camp Technique helped me realize how much I had missed running and I am still doing it.  Although I do miss the weekly messages, I try for one when I am not riding horses or working out.  I miss all the friends I made while at Boot Camp and will never forget crawling in the sand or the dunes.