The heat wave is coming through Hudson, but the workouts continue.  I went out for a 3 mile run today and followed up in the gym with an upper body workout.  Working out solo is never easy but the dedication helps get us all through it.  Looking forward to celebrating July 4th.  Thanks to everything our Troops did and continue to do.

Until next Thursday,

Tim

Hi everyone.

Late post due to some unforeseen family circumstances down in Boston but it was good to get my blood flowing yesterday morning before the rest of the day was spent with my husband helping him recover from his surgery.

I went for a 30 minute run in Needham, MA. Very hot and sticky but always great to get a sweat going early in the morning.

Keep up the good work.

xoxo Granite Girls

Hey gang, its Monday again, which means its sadly back to the grind of the workweek.  I’ll tell you, its amazing how quickly the weekend flies past.

The past weekend was a great one for me; my buddy was in town on leave from his Navy deployment and we tore it up.  He’d been out on a ship the past eight months, training, helping impoverished nations, and sailing the seas, so I think hanging with a landlubber like me was a nice treat for him.

While we were hanging yesterday, he taught me an awesome workout he and his buddies would do to pass the time on the ship.  It’s a pretty basic cardio routine involving a deck of cards, some squats, sit-ups, squat thrusts, and push-ups.

You start with a deck of cards and assign each suit an exercise.  When I tried it this evening I assigned sit-ups to hearts, pull-ups to diamonds, squat thrusts to clubs, and push-ups to spades, but any variation will do.  Shuffle the deck and pull a card.  I believe the first card I pulled was the two of clubs, which meant I did two squat thrusts.  Do the exercise and pull another card.  Face cards are assigned the value or ten and Aces eleven.  So, for example you pull the Jack of Hearts, you do ten sit-ups.  It sounds a little silly but I’ll tell you, it was wicked hard.  I got through only about a third of the deck before I was totally spent.  It’s a really fun and different kinda way to work out though.  Try it out this week!

Alright guys, hope all of your workouts are going well.  Catch ya next week!

-Derek

We had another beautiful early summer weekend in Baltimore. In between the Orioles beating up on the Nationals this weekend, members from Team Baltimore went out and got active.

Mike Kirby went for a 3 mile run this morning in his new We Are One 365 – Baltimore Tee. The new Baltimore colored tee-shirts are in and they look great! Contact the We Are One 365 team if you are interested in getting one.

Baltimore had a visitor for the weekend, Jeremiah Trostle.  Jeremiah took advantage of the gorgeous Baltimore  scenery and went for a 4 mile run along the Inner Harbor.  

I have yet to get my workout in for the day, but shortly after this post I will be heading out for a run down to Fort McHenry.  If anyone wants to join, let me know!

It was a great weekend here in Baltimore, especially with the Orioles taking 2 of 3 from the Nationals. 

Have a great week and lets go O’s!

Crazy Saturday over here on the West Coast. I was packing for most of the day since I will be going back to the East Coast (New Hampshire) for a while and then off to Europe and then who knows where. So because of all of this, I decided to do some 100 pushup in between every suitcase that I had packed. Not saying it was the greatest workout ever but I was definitely tired by the end of it.

I decided to get a good bike ride in along the coast down into Santa Monica and Venice before the sun went down since I am not sure when the last time I will see the Pacific Ocean. I’ll keep you updated though. Hope all you 365ers are having a great weekend.

AR. NF. NR.

And Congrats to my brother for making the Under 23 National Crew Team. World Championships are in Lithuania the week of July 8th. Best of luck buddy.

Nick

Sorry for the delayed post, I know you’ve been on the edge of your seats waiting for team Fridays post. 

Well, since it’s been 90+ degrees and humid as ever I decided to get a swim in. I’m not sure what the distance was but it was from shore out to a black marker (NH residents will understand) and back. Felt great to get in the water in the hot weather, I hope you all remained cool.

Enjoy,

Max 

Post number 222 here.  It has been a hot couple days out here in Ohio and today was no exception.  Today I did a 2.5 mile loop and a core workout.  It’s been nice to break into a sweat earlier in the run, but I am definitely feeling the heat catch up to me as I finish. It’s very important to stay hydrated during hot days.  It should be an all day thing, not just running for the fountain after your workout.

All the best for our Troops,

Tim

Sorry for the late Wednesday post. Day got away from me which I know is no excuse but I did get a great 30 mile bike ride in through Topanga Canyon. Weather was outstanding and I got upwards of 40 mph down the canyon on the way out. It was wicked scary but incredibly exhilarating at the same time. Chain stayed on as well as no flat tires which is always an unknown for an amateur biker.

Hope everyone enjoyed the first official day of Summer!

AR. NF. NR.

Nick

Although this blog is coming one day late~I can still feel the humidity we ran in yesterday!  I’m not complaining as it IS summer & I’m so sure that the temperatures overseas are much hotter than this & they don’t get to pick their “workout” clothing.  Something about a lulu lemon top & pants just would not sit right with the military!

 So Jay & I met and went on the stationery bike for a half hour.  They were intervals so worked hard for several minutes and then took a minute break.  It was a great sweat!  Afterwards we ran outside at Mine Falls on a dirt path along the Nashua river for about 20 minutes.  Couldn’t believe what an awesome workout that was.  It’s actually called a “brick” when in training for a triathlon.  Hopefully I will have lake buddies this summer who will push me to do more of them! 

A big shout out for all of you who get through your military days without complaining about the heat ~  I will keep that close to mind the next time I find myself wanting to whine!

xoxo

Granite Girls