Circuitry

Today we met for circuit training, which Gilbert said would help restore our bodies after yesterday's racing. Okay. A very small crew showed up for the festivities. Emily, Shannon, Colleen, Marcy, Brian, Richard and Frank was the full list. Brian drove up in his hot rod Camaro, engine burbling and exhaust grumbling as he rolled into the RunTex lot. He claims it's because his Suburban still has the trailer on it from going to the car show this weekend, but I think he was just feeling rowdy today. :-) Fortunately, we were all similarly paced people, so we had an enjoyable warmup at slow speed over to the track. Once we got there, there was some sort of new training group of women standing at parade rest listening to their coach or instructor. They ended up doing a circuit workout as well after a lot of instructions.

The Beginner Gazelles showed up, too, and we all did our drills on the far side of the track to avoid getting tangled up with that other new group. After a creaky start, the drills actually felt pretty good to my stiff legs and body.

The actual circuit workout was the standard fare, with just easy 400m jogs between sets. I ended up doing 3 sets, and I was relieved that I felt okay doing that after my long vacation from the gym (tomorrow, maybe?). After 3 circuits, we joined Gilbert for 2 x 1:00 of "fast feet," and that was the full day. Frank suggested the long cooldown (2.5 miles), and all of us went that way.

For the purpose intended, this workout did exactly what it was supposed to do. I did feel a bit revived after we were finished, and did my favorite parts of the stretching routine after we got back to finish off the day. It was good to have Shannon back with us today, and I hope her IT issues continue to improve.