As a teen, I danced. I danced for the Movement Center, and was on my high school Drill Team, where I was the proud recipient of First Officer and multiple Spirit awards. After high school, regretfully, I never continued to dance.
In a continuing effort (and sometimes very relaxed effort) to stay in shape, remain healthy, lose weight - I have decided to start dancing again. I have enrolled at Columbus DanceArts Acadamy in Adult courses in Ballet, Jazz, and Hip-Hop... classes start July 13. With that being said, I need to do some work to get back into shape.
Last year I beat my own personal odds and lost 32Lbs. I really could not have felt better or happier than I did last year around March. I was the thinnest I've been since college, and I felt unbelievably fantastic. Over the past year, I've ballooned up 15Lbs and quite frankly, I'm miserable and really unhappy. My energy level has dropped significantly.
Yesterday I decided that this was it... after registering for CDA, I knew that I would need to be in decent shape before dance academy... and I need to remain in shape b/c I really really want to continue dancing and performing. Plus, have you seen the bodies of dancers?!?!?! So, I grabbed the dog, and went to Glacier Ridge park for a run.
About .80 miles into my run, I see another runner about 100 yards away, pushing a stroller. I get closer and it's Cloud. Wow! What a coincidence. We finished the run together, sweating, and laughing at CC... she's so funny. I will never take my dog again, though. I've picked 10 ticks off of her and I am just not dealing with that anymore. We finished our run (with periods of walking) and totaled 2.55 miles.
I feel GREAT, can't wait to do it again; and I can't wait for DANCE!
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