I am in Evansville IN this week and fall is finally upon us. Behind my hotel there is a small pond with a running path. Each loop is 3/4 of a mile. I ran 4 times around. It was a great 3 mile run. The crisp fall air was fabulous!
I then went inside and did some ab work.
Hope everyone is doing well!
Xoxo
Granite Girls

Happy Monday, one and all.  I hope everyone had a fun and active weekend!  Upon the recommendation of a good friend of mine, I went out and bought myself a jump rope yesterday.  I remember as a youngster my sisters and I would spend hours outside jumping rope with the other neighborhood kids. In fifth grade I even organized a Jump Rope For Heart team and competed in the school competition.

It seems like jumping rope has gotten a lot harder since then.

I used a light weight speed rope and did a fifteen minute circuit.  I’d jump as long as could then do 30 push-ups, 30 sit ups, 50 bicep curls with my 10lb free weights, and then repeat.  I finished my full fifteen minutes but man was I tired out afterward.  I pushed myself to do my usual 3 mile jog afterward and really felt my muscles screaming at me.  The sign of a good workout.

I’ll let you know how my jumping goes over the course of the week!  It can only get better!

Check you next week!

Team Baltimore had a great time at the Dewey Beach Triathlon this weekend. The race consisted of a .5 mile swim, 15 mile bike and 3.5 mile run. It was a beautiful day for a race but there was a strong north to south wind that made the swim and second half of the bike extremely difficult. It was a battle but everyone completed the race and had a great time! Participants included Mike Kirby, Sarah McColley, Kelly Welsh, Alex Walsh, Matt Mazza, Amelia Burchard, Mia Szkolnicki, Brittney Hatrack and myself.

Getting in an early morning workout really sets the tone for a great weekend and a great weekend was had by all! The multi hour workout will really help with the training for the Baltimore Half Marathon on October 13th where Team Baltimore is going to have quite the showing. Join us if you’ll be in town that weekend.

Have a great week everyone, see you next Sunday!

-Baltimore, the greatest city in the world – @Baltimistic

In beautiful Central Park in NYC. There is an awesome fitness event in the middle of the park called Fitness Games: Mind Body Spirit. Tons of event tents were set up and demoing their equipment for people to check out in addition to thousand of people running the road race. It was great to see that many people interested in the new fitness trends and took the time to come early on a Saturday morning. My whole family was there, which is always a fun time, celebrating my brothers birthday. Definitely hope to get We Are One involved in events like these. Great way to raise awareness. The picture below is During the set up of the event.

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Nick

Happy Friday!  Feeling a bit under the weather here in Minneapolis, but still able to get to a Barre class early this morning.  Dangerously obsessed over here…the mix between core, cardio, ballet, yoga and pilates is addicting.  Every class I feel as though I have pushed myself and each muscle to capacity–a really great feeling to start the day with!  This class is in a fairly small room  so the women on the next mat are great inspiration to finish those last few push ups!  A little competition always adds some fun to your workout, right?

While I am still on my Barre kick…I am missing running and feel like I need to sign up for a race soon–any suggestions??

Circuit workout with the Soccer team:

We did the circuit again as a group, but this time we included the leg exercises.  The legs portion of the circuit included squats, weight pushes (pushing a 45 lb plate wrapped in a towel on the gym floor), wall sit with medicine ball, lunges, slides with resistance bands, and a few others.  

Tim 

Back in the boarding school schedule – only a half day of classes on Wednesday! Woke up and went into the boathouse to erg for about 40 minutes. In the afternoon, ran 5 miles with the XC team doing pick-me-up’s for 1:30 spurts. Afterwards, finally got to use the unbelievable fitness center to do a longer lift. All in all a pretty good day in CT.

Hope everyone is enjoying the week!

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-Alex

It was just another Tuesday~waking up at 5:00; driving to the Y on very quiet streets; meeting Jay in the parking lot; class with Scott at 5:30 till 6:30.  We did the usual rolling out  to “wake up” the muscles for 15 minutes; a few lunges and stretches to limber up for the next 45 minutes of core work.  I’m feeling all those muscles now as I unwind & get ready for bed but that feeling pales in comparison to what people all over the country have felt all day long about today’s anniversary.

Dear Lord~thank you for the opportunity to serve others on this day and to be able to reflect on all the good that surrounds us. I know there is still a little cloud of pain that follows many Americans around because of the death of a loved one.  Please help us to find peace and pass it on to someone who needs it.  Watch over those who are still far from home serving in the military.

xoxo Granite Girls

Hey 365ers, happy Monday!  I just saw on our facebook page that WAO is sponsoring an event September 21^st at the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewers game.  If you’re in the St. Louis area you gotta go out.  Being from Milwaukee and having been raised a Brewers fan, I’d be hard pressed to ever cheer for the Cardinals, but Busch Stadium is one of America’s great ballparks and this is a phenomenal event.  It is from 5-9pm at the bullpen and is in support of financial literacy for active duty soldiers.  Check out our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Are-One-365/199566696781569 for more info.  And if you haven’t already, be sure to like the page- there’s lots of cool pictures and other info to supplement our regular site.

Got up at 6am and went for a 6.2 mile run before work.  It was an awesome way to kick start the morning and helped in dealing with the stress of the day.  I plan on going out again tomorrow morning.

Good luck with the workouts this week!  Stay strong 365-ers!

An out of order weekend but still getting it done. Team Baltimore is obviously spreading themselves around the country and getting some awesome workouts in.

I was in CT for the day on Saturday. I was visiting my brother at the Kent School. I got to see where he will be training on the river with his new team and the gorgeous campus. I went for a 2.5 mile run (getting up there in mileage…I know) along the river and next to the sporting fields. Impressive to see how many kids were up at 7 am on a Saturday morning. Might need to get them involved with WAO 365.

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Nick