rushley & crew

There was a time in my life about a year ago loooong ago when I thought 5k races were pretty lame. I had never even run 3 miles in my life (at that time I would run 1-2 miles at a time), but somehow I still held the opinion that 5k races were pretty much just family races so that kids could run. The real races were anything bigger, and in all honesty, if you ran one of those, I probably thought you were crazy, because who really spends that much time running ? Obviously I have a lot of opinions about running that I feel very strongly about, and I don't even know why. You can tell that I didn't think 5k's were a big deal because on my bucket list , my real goal was to do a sprint triathlon (1.2 mile run, 2.4 mile bike ride, and 150 yd. swim) and then (since I wasn't sure I'd be able to train in time for the one in September) I gave myself a loophole: or a 5k at the very least . You can tell from that sentence alone that I thought a 5k was not even cool. Well, ...

Well folks, it's happened. I've finally found a zumba class that I really enjoy! I've never been a huge fan of exercising. I want  to like it, and I want to be one of those adorable fitness junkies, but really, I'm just a foodie that hates exercise. It's a problem. BUT the one form of exercise that I love  is zumba! I went to my first zumba class during my freshman year of college, and it was perfect. I was on the dance team in high school, but didn't really continue dancing in college, so zumba was reminiscent of a dance class. The teacher was awesome, the dances were fun, and I went every Thursday with two of my best friends, Talyn and Ashlee. Talyn invited us to the class and I'm so glad she did. But then that place shut down, the teacher ended up moving out of state, and so I was out of a zumba class. Since then, I've tried many different classes with many different teachers (at least five) and I just never loved them. BUT! I finally found o...