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I was recently challenged to do a Spartan Race by two friends, Alana Mokma and Jody Berkey. (You can watch their races here and here!)
While this IDC was a little different from some of our previous ones, it was certainly delightfully energizing! I ended up wet, muddy, and happy as a clam. Enjoy!
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Question: When’s the last time you took on a challenge and did something a little crazy?
Good for you Claudia! That’s awesome. My son Matt and his girlfriend Phoebe do all kinds of races – they’re doing another half marathon next month – but in the summer they did a “color run” – they had to wear white and ran and people pelted them with paint! They loved it. Trying kettle bells is my craziest recent challenge and I actually love it – it’s my favorite workout.
Oh cool Ann! I’ve heard of kettle bells… but I’ve never tried it. What is it exactly??
It’s a very cool whole body strength training combined with cardio. You
use a kettle bell that you swing and lift different ways and there’s a
lot of squatting – you really use your body in 3 dimensions and it is a
great workout. I have seen a lot of improvement and increase in muscle
and at my age that’s really important 🙂
Here’s a link where you can get a better idea of what it is http://exercise.about.com/library/blbeginnerkettlebell.htm
woa, sounds awesome Ann. Thanks for the link! I know my mom has talked about the importance of building muscle…
Lol! Great job, Claudia! And Michael, you’re becoming quite the videographer!
hahaha yes Ryan, he planned out the activities and shots he looked at the video in the link above and got ideas from that 🙂 He did an awesome job, I agree!
Haha, thanks. We had fun with it!
You’re welcome. And I can tell. What did Jude think of all of this?
He was having fun until Claudia ran through the water. He didn’t like that very much. I think it scared him a bit.
Yeah. I bet so. 🙂
Loved it, Claudia! You still have that free-spirited, zany, actress side of you, and I love it! P.s. was Michael reading something he had written or by someone else?
Annette,
What actress side?! 😉 Yes, if you watch the other video attached there is a poem in the spartan video that he looked up and I guess found the original… really liked it…
OH MY DEAR DEAR CLAUDIA (and Michael!) you guys crack me up. I loved this. I love the thought you put into it. I’m going to watch it again and again and again. There were a few parts that cracked me up. I love how you celebrated after you threw the stick and the part at the end where you are waving the flag took me off-guard. I laughed out loud. This is great. Thank you for joining Jody and I in the challenge!
My pleasure Alana! 🙂 Your video sparked the inspiration, so thanks for your creative spirit!!
Yes the flag moment was, quite the moment…
Next time tell me about it! I wanna do it with you!!!
hahahaaa!!! ok Char, will do!
Wow, this is so good. Great job Michael and Claudia. Loved everything about this. Looks like you had a lot of fun recording it.
Thanks Brent! Wait, could you tell we were having fun…!!?? 😉 Michael did a great job shooting the video!
Way Cool!! Great job to both of you!! Great energy, Great video. Keep on having Fun!
Hahaha thanks Nancy! We did have fun!! 🙂
Sigh… OK, if we must. 😉
WOW – you guys are SUPER AWESOME! A lot of work went into this..
Claudia, you nailed it on the workout!!
Michael – great job on the camera and voiceover! Love that quote!!Nice job on the editing too 🙂 Keep rockin’ guys !!
Thanks, Matt. It was a lot of fun! And, with the power of iMovie, pretty easy to do.
You are sweet Matt thanks a lot!
Getting it done at the Playground! This is so great and creative. It was serious, yet fun to watch! I love this element of challenge, competing in natural environments. Honestly, it’s been awhile since I’ve done “crazy”. It’s long overdue. 🙂
Ha thanks Michael! It was a blast. We tried to imitate the real video with the poem and all 😉
Alright, I will expect to see your Spartan race posted next week! 😉
Claudia, this was the first I’d heard of the Spartan race. Did you find an event on spartanrace.com? There appears to be a race in Atlanta in 2013…calling my name? I’ll investigate!
If you do it, Michael, let us know! That’d be great!