Friday, December 28, 2012

30 x 30 Challenge

Days Left: 870
Goal #13: Complete a 30x30 Challenge (Work out 30 minutes a day for 30 days)

This challenge was really fun! I worked out for at least 30 minutes a day for 30 days straight. I actually started this challenge on Friday, October 19 (the day I got back from spending 4 months in Senegal), but stopped at Day 28 because I was in a wedding and literally couldn't find 30 minutes! So, this 30x30 Challenge below started on Sunday, November 25 and ended Tuesday, December 25.

The workout is definitely dominated by Nike Training Club (an awesome I-Pad/Phone app with a personal trainer style workout). And once a week my friend Sarah and I run to Logan Circle (a cute park in DC) and meet for a 30 minute (ish) circuit training workout which we alternate who plans. Finally, I also got my workout on at a local dance studio taking Hip Hop and Tap classes!

Overall, working out for 30 minutes a day wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I will definitely be continuing the habit!

Sun, Nov 25
30 min
NTC: Wipe Out
1
Mon, Nov 26
90 min
Hip Hop class at Joy of Motion
2
Tues, Nov 27
40 mins
10 min cardio, 15 min abs, 15 min butt
3
Wed, Nov 28
40 mins
15 min (1.5 mile run)
30 min: Logan Circle Workout with Sarah Jaffe
4
Thur, Nov 29
30 mins
NTC: Flex Machine
5
Fri, Nov 30
30 mins
10 min butt, 10 min legs, 10 min arms
6
Sat, Dec 1
30 mins
NTC: Slim Effect (did with Leah and Allie- way hard)
7
Sun, Dec 2
40 mins
10 min abs, 20 min yoga, 10 min butt
8
Mon, Dec 3
30 mins
NTC: Conditioning Corps Workout
9
Tues, Dec 4
45 mins
Ran 1.5 miles
35 min: Logan Circle Boot camp club with Sarah Jaffe
10
Wed, Dec 5
30 mins
NTC: Sweat and Shape
11
Thur, Dec 6
30 mins
NTC: Slim Chance
12
Fri, Dec 7
30 mins
NTC: Li Na’s pre-match routine
13
Sat, Dec 8
30 mins
NTC: Laura Enever’s surfing workout and Allyson Felix’s  sprinter workout
14
Sun, Dec 9
30 mins
NTC: Yoga and Ab Burner
15
Mon, Dec 10
90 mins
Hip Hop Class
16
Tues, Dec 11
60 mins
Yoga taught by Sarah Jaffe at YWCA
17
Wed, Dec 12
75 mins
15 mins NTC: Sculpted Arms
60 mins tap class at Joy of Motion
18
Thurs, Dec 13
30 mins
NTC: Body Surge
19
Fri, Dec 14
60 mins +
Dancing at Grizzly Bear and Sleigh Bells concert
20
Sat, Dec 15
720+ mins
Santacon: Say no more...
21
Sun, Dec 16
30 mins
Abs, butt, stretching
22
Mon, Dec 17
90 mins
Hip Hop class at Joy of Motion
23
Tues, Dec 18
60 mins
Sarah’s yoga class at YWCA
24
Wed, Dec 19
40 mins
Run to/from Logan Circle and 30 min circuit training workout with Sarah and Jane
25
Thurs, Dec 20
30 mins
NTC: The Shredder
26
Fri, Dec 21
30 mins
NTC: Drill Sergeant
27
Sat, Dec 22
30 mins
NTC: Ab Burner and Cardio Burst
28
Sun, Dec 23
60 mins
Ran ½ mile
NTC: Slim Effect with Kelly at Prairie Life
Played basketball w Kelly and lost 0-5 :(
29
Mon, Dec 24
30 min
NTC: The Shredder
30

Saturday, December 22, 2012

You better watch out!

Days Left: 876
Goal #29: Do SantaCon in New York City

8:00am - Alarm clock goes off. Abba is already out and about shopping for eggs bagels, and booze.

8:30am - Commit to getting ready. Abba coordinating the best ever SantaCon group costume: Sugar Plum Fairies. Georgina, Abba, Becky and I put on our green/purple/blue sparkle dress with a black tutu from H&M and begin piling on glitter makeup and putting feathers in our hair and big bows on our rumps.

9:30am - Abba's friends start showing up at her apartment. We dine on NY bagels and egg nog with whiskey? Ha. Becky and I thought we were putting rum in our egg nog... turns out we messed up. Oops!



10:30am: Sugar Plum Fairies and Abba's other fantastic friends head out to Pier 84 to meet up with the 30,000 some other Santas!


Left to right: Becky, Abba, me, Georgina

10:45am: Hang with the many many many many Santas and other holiday creatures at the Pier. There may/may not have been a failed attempt at double dutch jump roping by the Sugar Plum Fairy crew.... Ha.







11:30am: Bill Cunningham takes our photo! We are freaking out.



This is Kris Krinkle. So clever! The creativity of Santas was pretty solid. Here are some of my faves/those I can remember!

  1. Beach bum Santa
  2. Troll Santa
  3. Sexy Santas (ok... lots of these)
  4. Name that Sports Team Santa
  5. Native American Santas
  6. Ralph Lauren Santa
  7. Causal Santa (cause he wasn't wearing a belt... lame I know)
  8. Guy with mohawk wearing Santa suit with flames.. oh yeah and he was on stilts
  9. Some weird Tickle me Elmo Santa contraption thing
  10. Ginko (the pants) Santa
  11. Traditional Santa (uber traditional Santa dress with long white wig)
  12. Hitler Santa. Yes. That happened.
  13. Hipster Santas (lots of these too..May have actually outnumbered Sexy Santas)
  14. Grinch Santa
  15. Hulk Santa
  16. Kris Krinkle
  17. Banana Santa (seriously... a lot of these going around)
  18. Morph Santas (Santas wearing that weird stretchy fabric Cirque du Soleil style unitard that goes over your face...)
  19. Where's Waldo Santa
  20. Creepy older lady Santas who had long natural braids and were carrying puppets...
  21. Santas on Segways 
  22. Jedi/Star Wars themed Santas
  23. Babies dressed as Santa
  24. Jamaican/Rastafarian Santa
  25. Gangsta Santa
  26. Camo / Miliary Santas
  27. Nacho Libre Santas
  28. Cowboy Santas
  29. Hanukkah Harry aka Jewish Santa
  30. Jersey Shore Santas
12:00-1:00pm: Play cards in the back courtyard Holla Berlin or something like that... some beer garden around West 50th or so... Meet these cute hipster Santas below!





12:00: Wander midtown and the sea of Santas dancing to the music coming out of speakers in Abba's backpack and freak out unsuspecting tourists. Go to a bar that Georgina and I called the "Sweet Potato Tater Tot Bar" because we forgot the name and, well, ate sweet potato tater tots there. They were awesome. And hot.




1:00-5:00pm: Hit up East Village. Eat at an awesome taco stand. Didn't hit up Phoebes. (haha) Did go to a great Mexican resto called Mary Ann's (obviously).


Left to right: Abba ,me, Georgina, Becky







5:00-8:00pm: Classic dive bar action...play pool, darts, and ski ball at Ace's...Abba, George and I attempted to use the "Jute Box" Couldn't find enough Wu-Tang music to make us happy though so we played oldies ;)



8:00--11:00pm: Un-named location *wink* , NY pizza, coffee/ice cream. Wandered our way to Union Square







11:00pm-1:30am - Dancing it out retro style at Beauty Bar. Met some crazy guys...this dude Jimmy was balancing things on his chin at one point on the dance floor.


1:30-2:30ish - Abba, George and I hit up CVS for some aqua and then head back to Abba's place to shower and crash!

Today was full of enjoying Abba, Becky, George, New York City and of course meeting lots of great new people. Weather was perfect and spirits (of many types) here high *wink*

SantaCon 2012: SUCCESS