I Got My Butt Handed Back to Me...

19 Days and counting until the race in Seattle.  Or 17 days until I am off to Seattle!

Today is a rest day for me.  Nine miles, plus gym and pool time were done on Sunday.  Then a friend asked me if I would like to try Pi-yo with her.  Sure!  I will try anything once, or several times before I give my final vote on it.  We made plans to go to Pi-yo on Monday evening.  No problem.  And look, those new pants I bought the other day were the perfect attire for me to wear and be able to move at this class.
 
Pi-yo had potential.  I thought, okay, so this is a class where you take Pilates and yoga, mesh them together, and spit them back out with faster paced music and quicker movements.  This will be great!  The one time I took a yoga class, I was bored with the silence.  I have taken Pilates before.  It was a better fit than yoga, although a total ab kicker! 

OMG!  Pi-yo is intense!  None of this, sit in silence, meditate, think of your breathing as we hold this pose for some long period of time stuff.  No, this was everything but that!  The warm up started out slow, but quickly picked up the pace where I was beginning to wonder if I had been brought to my sacrifice.  The instructor was wonderful, friendly, and very energetic.  She was so helpful in showing alternative positions for people who may not have the strength yet to pull off some of the moves, or have a physical ailment that prevents them from doing some of them.  Soon I was sweating.  Sweating to the point I had drops fall off of me and land on my yoga mat.  I was pounding the water.  I was in awe!  This yoga/Pilates hybrid disguises itself as something so sweet and innocent, with a touch of intensity.  No, those are lies!  If you knew what a sadistic thing Pi-yo was, you would not be there ready to try it.

If Pi-yo involved walking, or even jogging, I would own that.  Instead it owned me, or more specifically, it owned my butt, abs, and upper body.  I was thankful for some of those alternative positions, but I gave it my all to try doing the real ones.

Pi-yo 1, Darlene 0...  

I totally plan on going back for more!  That was fun, and really was so much more than I expected.