run-bike by abby

i think i need to know more about boot camp. like, what is the routine? can i do it in my backyard? i know what pushups are (loathe) and dips (tolerable), but what're rowboats and firehydrants? and so do you just mix it all up and repeat ten times or something? is it like the x-country exercises i used to have to do ... where you leap for 20 yards, and then run backwards, and then sideways, and then doing high kick/leap combo things? is there a magic exercise for abs? because i swear i could do 1000 situps a day and eat nothing but grapefruit and i would still not be able to get a flat stomach.

ANYWAY. yesterday's 4.5 went fine. i did the same old gravel run. nothing to report by barking dogs. today i was going to go for a bike ride when i got home from work at noon. but i got caught up in a few things and sort of lost motivation. it's a little breezy, and i kept glancing out the window to see if some cantankerous clouds might've puffed up a storm or something. alas, nothing but blue. so i got over myself and did 18 miles on my road bike. it was windy, really ... windier than i usually like for a bike ride. but i told myself that it's just a long slow slide into winter at this point, and in a few months my bike will be hanging sadly on its hook in the garage, and i will be pining for a windy but nice day like today ... so. there.