Janae Says...

I posted a long time ago about how odd it was to me to have a doctor call me “athletic.” Having never been enrolled in sports, never particularly enjoyed P.E., fallen in the higher categories for BMI, and performed well in school, this was a revelation to me. When he called me that, it was like serious validation for all the physical activity I had been doing for quite some time. I had a friend invite me to do a half marathon with her, which I ended up doing alone. Still, she invited me. During training, I would hear from all kinds of people, “Hey, I saw you running the other day.” Then a friend and fellow blogger referred to me as one of her “fit” friends. What? Really? People see me that way? And another friend asked me to do a Spartan beast training with her. And she asked me to go to a partner challenge class at her kickboxing place, which I did. And she asked me to consider doing Ragnar, which I passed on. A high school acquaintance invited me to do a workout ...

Ah, I hope you are picking up on the tone of the title of this post. I could have also titled this post many other ways: - Workout Wednesday: The Sauna Run-in-Place "Workout" - Workout Wednesday: The “Let’s Wear Black and Run in the Dark” Workout - Workout Wednesday: The “Remind Everyone Why Crossfit Guys are Douchey” Workout - Workout Wednesday: The “We Didn’t Plan This At All” Workout - Workout Wednesday: The “Let’s Exercise in an Underground Parking Garage” Workout - Workout Wednesday: The Non-Workout - Workout Wednesday: Let’s Get a Free Shirt and Leave - Workout Wednesday: Not-Really-a-Spartan-Training I could go on and on. For those of you who are confused, my friend Kristen is doing the Spartan Beast Race in Midway. I am too much of a wuss to sign up for it. It’s a lot of running, and it makes you get dirty. Let’s be honest, Janae hates getting dirty, like more than is reasonable (thanks, mom). Kristen asked me to come with her to ...