100 Days of Sweat: Day 28

Wooooo! I'm more than a quarter of the way through my 100 days. Is it bad that this is easier than my #100happydays pic-a-day challenge?!

Day 21: Walked ~4 miles (travel day)
Day 22: 1.72 mile run, 18:04
Day 23: 1.25 mile run, 13:07 (travel day)
Day 24: Slash
Day 25: Slash
Day 26: Jiu Jitsu
Day 27: Pilates
Day 28: 1.53 mile run, 16:12

My flight left early on Sunday so I didn't have time to do anything before my arrival in Baltimore. I landed & went to the hotel but my room wasn't ready. So I changed into shorts & flip flops (perhaps a mistake.) and stored my luggage at the hotel.

View of the Harbor from the Visitors Center

I walked down to the Inner Harbor from my Harbor East hotel location. Such a gorgeous walk along the water. I found a place with crab cakes (naturally) and enjoyed some lunch while making plans for the World Cup game.

Next, I walked to Fells Point from the Harbor to meet up with an old former co-worker from Zimmerman. I got to Fells quite a while before she was ready to arrive so I walked around some more. I love this area. Cobblestone streets, shops, restaurants and festivals throughout AND right on the water.

Fells Point

I met up with my friend & one of her co-workers at Koopers. I had already eaten but looked like they serve a delicious brunch! (plus it was packed; always a good sign.)

I had forgotten the World Cup final game started at 3, not 4. So I had to rush out of there, head back to the hotel with hopes that I could shower because it was HOT walking all over town all afternoon. Unfortunately my room wasn't ready yet. So instead I hopped in a cab to go to Midtown BBQ in Mt Vernon in Baltimore to meet up with another fellow Agora employee who I've traveled with in Nicaragua & the most recent conference in Vegas.

I showed up & met some other fellow Agora employees. The bar was really into the game which always makes watching it more fun.  After the game, the group of us wandered to Brewer's Art Bar because I had never been & was told I needed to experience it. Since everything in Baltimore is in old buildings, it was in the basement of a brownstone... really neat.

After I caught a cab back to Harbor East & met up with the co-workers from my Florida office who I was staying at the hotel with and we hung out at the bar across the street from our hotel for a while.

The next morning I was awake at 3:30 and couldn't get back to sleep. I watched TV, started some work around 4;30 waiting for the sun to come up, then I hit the pavement & ran along the Harbor. Always one of my favorite runs. The next morning was another early one, even though we were up late with co-workers just talking & hanging out. Always nice to see people that you communicate with daily but are 1000 miles away.

The 2nd morning I ran the other way towards Fells Point though & did a quick loop.

I am proud of myself for managing to keep up with my quest even during my business trip. I'm off to Denver on Saturday. That's a tougher flight so we'll see how I hold up!

And just for fun, here are some pics of our offices in Baltimore, just because I think they're so unique & beautiful. They're also in old brownstones.

100 Days of Sweat: Day 20

I'm already 1/5 of the way through this Challenge! But tomorrow is trip 1 of 3 that falls within these 100 days. And the hotel doesn't have a gym in the building, you have to use the gym down the street. AND it's looking like rain so my original plan to just wander around & explore the city and log some miles may not be able to work.

Here's what I've done since I last left off.

Day 15: Slash
Day 16: Slash
Day 17: Jiu Jitsu
Day 18: Slash
Day 19: Slash & Jiu Jitsu
Day 20: Pilates

Feeling great after pilates this morning. Now it's off to meet a sorority sister who's in town for coffee, then Brunch with the girls.

Until next time... wish me luck!

(and I'm sorry for the lack of pictures. Allison suggested adding to the challenge & take a pic each day again. But I don't bring my phone into Slash or to Jiu Jitsu so it's been impossible. But I know , I know... what's a blog without pictures?! BORING.)

100 Days of Sweat

I'm trying to start a "100 Days of Sweat" challenge. Not publicly (besides this post that I think 2 people will read. :) announcing it but at least keeping track here of what my workouts are, in addition to my normal workout calendar I keep printed out at home.

I think I will allow myself somewhere between 5-10 "days off" during this challenge. That seems fair.

Here's my progress so far.

Day 1 (June 23) - Slash
Day 2 (June 24) - Slash
Day 3 (June 25) - Slash and Jiu Jitsu
Day 4 (June 26) - Slash
Day 5 (June 27) - Jiu Jitsu
Day 6 (June 28) - Pilates
Day 7 (June 29) - 2.5 mile run (27:55)
Day 8 (June 30) - Slash
Day 9 (July 1) - Slash
Day 10 (July 2) - Slash and Jiu Jitsu
Day 11 (July 3) - Slash
Day 12 (July 4) - 2.95 mile run (33:35)
Day 13 (July 5) - Pilates
Day 14 (July 6) - 2.0 mile run (21:17)

Slash will certainly be most of my workouts. And I'm okay with that! Here's to hoping I see some results too.

I'm traveling to Baltimore next week and Denver later this month... those ones will be tricky!