Mayday May Day

May Is Over, onto June. But first, let me recount the past couple of weeks for you. As you may have gathered, we had lost some motivation, partly due to Chad's back ailments - they've been pretty darn bad - and partly due to laziness. I'm really hoping that what seems to be Sciatica/Pinched Nerve/Compressed Disc stuff finally backs off and gives him a sense of relief after weeks of discomfort, and sometimes, severe pain. It'd be nice to see him walk normally again. Stretching, drugs, ice, heat, and even our TENS machine haven't made much of a difference yet.

Wednesday, May 21
Nada

Thursday, May 22
Nada

Friday, May 23
Nada

Saturday, May 24
Joined the 8 week RAC Caribbean Challenge (denoted CC), albeit a little late, the goal is to complete it! This challenge goes from May 18th - July 19th and in order to receive the health and wellness goodie bag at the end, one must complete 32 island's worth of work by the end of the program, in addition to a personal trainer demo and a body fat check (yikes!). This entails 5x7 activities: 1 mi run/walk, 3 mi bike, 10 laps/5,000m swim/row, 20 min elliptical/amt/arc trainer, group exercise class, and 100 reps of strength. Definitely a good way to make sure you mix things up, especially in the summertime!

Kate
Run 'n Lift (2 CCs)
3 x 10 of each with a lap after each set: Clean, Push Press, Bench Press, Bicep Curls and Tricep Kickbacks, Tricep Skullcrushers, 2 laps, then Jumping Jacks, :30 plank, Jumping Jacks. 2 miles total.

Chad
Chest, Bis, Tris (1 CC)
500m Row
Stretching

Sunday, May 25
Kate and Chad
11 mi Bike Ride (1 CC)

Monday, May 26 MEMORIAL DAY
Kate
5mi Run in the morning heat (1 CC)

Chad
8.5mi Bike Ride (1 CC)

Tuesday, May 27
Rest

Wednesday, May 28
Kate
Legs (1 CC)
1000m Row (Partial CC)
Hot Tub

Chad
Bis, Tris (1 CC)
Hot Tub

Thursday, May 29
Kate
Swim 10 Laps (1 CC)
Hot Tub

Chad
Swim 10 Laps (1 CC)
Hot Tub

Friday, May 30
Kate RAC
4000m row (1 CC)
Upper Body Lifting (1 CC)
Abs

Saturday, May 31
Kate
7 mi Run (1 CC)

Chad
13.85 Bike Ride (1 CC)