100 Things: Fitness and Health posts (1/100)

[labelleizzy]

Today I started the first of seven short-days of substitute teaching. Matter of fact, I am only teaching periods 3 and 4 for the choir teacher at The Nearby High school. The assignment is vague... I've actually got an email drafted for Mr. S (who is, at the moment, traveling abroad with two of his choirs) asking for clarification so I can help the students with their assignment. Third period has 19 students, Fourth has twelve young women. Cool. So we'll see what we can do with that.

The reason I can tag this under 100 Things and Health & Fitness is, because, for the first time in a couple of dozen times I've worked at this school? I WALKED to work today. =D It's almost exactly one mile from my house to the school. Very pleasant walk, although, oddly, the sidewalks vanish when you cross the border from My Town into the neighboring town. Weird. Large homes with beautiful landscaping all along the route. I stopped to literally smell the roses twice or three times (they were Double Delight roses, do you blame me?) and was nicely warm by the time I arrived at the school. Took just about exactly twenty minutes to walk.

My feet are a little tender and my hips are a little sore. I'm about ten days out from having spent the last two months of my life spending an hour every morning stretching and marching and running and moving and singing and dancing and getting down on the floor and back up off the floor with the first and second grade kids. Best. Workout. Ever. Yoga's more dignified, and more specifically challenging, but not as much fun!

That said, I'd best sign up for some yoga classes. I'll need that work to continue the progress that began while I was working for Njeri. (still a little sad)

Tomorrow I think I will bicycle to work and keep my bike in the choir room. Should not be a problem. Then I can go exploring and looking at pretty suburban houses after school is over, and maybe drop my library books at the library. I love the idea of using my bike more, it's a wonderful bike (and it's *aubergine*)!

Comments

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

yay for progress and music class.

for yoga... if you are not SUPER yoga person i recommend the Y! they have multiple classes a day at varying levels. and a sauna and lap pool and the rest... if you are looking for YOGA!!! a yoga specific studio is better, but I'm a fan of the Y for now (also they have childcare... if I didn't have the toddler I might like somewhere else better... I may be otherwise biased).

[kareina.livejournal.com]

When I lived in Mountainview I used my rollerblades to commute, taking neighborhood streets where possible, and soon learning which were smoothest. I had forgotten the lack of sidewalks in the next town, but now that you mention it, they did vanish at the border.

The big advantage of the skates is the ability to easily bring then into the destination.

[http://users.livejournal.com/merle_/]

Walking to and from work is both good exercise and fun relaxation. It was about half an hour for me, but biking was 12 minutes and about 7 for locking/unlocking the bike on both sides. Much more cardiac but more stress as well. Maybe it's just me, but walking adds a lot to my life.