I DID IT!!!!! FINALLY!!!!

Class # 8. Done. What did I do?

Well, I finally got in ALL 10 TRACKS and was finished ON TIME!!! And it wasn't a Sunday when no class follows me! YIPPEE!!! What did I do differently that I haven't been able to manage before?

I probably have to give credit to the fact that I sipped my water WAY faster. Hee Hee. Good thing I had my wallet with me to buy one as I forgot my water in the car and since I parked 264 miles away there was no way I was going back to get it.

Okay, it wasn't only that. I got in quickly, set up, watched as the instructor before me dried off the entire microphone (okay, I simply cannot WAIT to receive the microphone guards this week - EW) and did the intro and explained that we would move quickly between because I wanted to stay on time. Maybe putting that expectation out front and out loud helped.

Sure, there were a couple of chorey bloops. I find this interesting because I have gone over the chorey in this release 98364743 times and still I blow it at times. Not big, but enough that I notice.

Transitions were rapid fire. Or so it felt like to me. I forgot to demo the hover with planks but did everything else. I upped my weights on all tracks and only didn't go as high as I needed to on back because after demo-ing the clean and press I knew I wouldn't be able to finish it. But I did go higher. Did all the lunges on the bench top, even with my hamstrings screaming at me. My shoulders, as I kept checking in the side mirror, stayed back most of the time. It was a conscious effort, though. Did a COUPLE of pushups on my toes and a couple of hovers on my toes. Not as much as I am supposed to but it was an improvement.

Finished on time. WOW. Okay, I did cut the cooldown by about 10-15 seconds at the most. By the time we cleaned up and walked to the lobby it was 7:33. I had a couple of people (not the usual gang but a regular participant) congratulate me on getting all the tracks in!

Deb and Kristin and Janet did not feel like I rushed through. So I guess the lesson learned here is to keep it going, no dilly-dallying, sip faster and move it along. People kept up for the most part. It felt rushed to me but it is nice to know it did not feel rushed to them.

Aaahhh. I feel good. I feel like I earned this second massage I scheduled for me tomorrow. I plan on doing this again on Thursday. ALL 10 tracks. I'm in heaven :-) I feel successful. Like I finally did my job, what I am supposed to do. I proved to myself that it can be done. That I am not a failure for cutting tracks.

Feels damn good. Now for a shower and some towel work.