Juneathon Day 2 and Late Term Athleticism

I'm a "late to the game" athlete. I didn't discover exercise and eating right until WELL into my 30's. And even then, it was pretty hit and miss. I was in Judo most of my childhood, stopped in my teens and then rediscovered it in college. Went back to it again in my 30s because I had some things to prove. And then I realized I have a LOT of things to prove, and voila! My love affair with physical fitness began!

One thing I hadn't really gotten into was running. Then a friend mentioned a running club out of a local pub. Well, it WAS one of my favorite pubs and then there was free beer and food at the end???? What!?!?! So I went. And walked most of the 5K trail. But I went every week to run/walk the route and reward myself with beer and food at the end. To this day, I still need to have some reward after a run :)

Anyway, the point of all this is that in past couple of years I've gotten a little too comfortable and gained more weight than I wanted. So I need to find my motivation again. And here is this little thing called Juneathon and I've decided to totally be on board.

Today: I did 20 minutes of upper body circuit training. Pretty intense and I feel pretty good.

DAY 2 in the bag!



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