oh it's been so long

electra bicycle and yoga friends., originally uploaded by *** coleyB ***.

and i have so much to tell you................

i'll work backwards........... vibram boy (v.b.) and i signed up for primal con 2011. it's april 15-17 in southern cali! woot! we are totally pumped about this.............. we haven't been before, but we are sure it's going to be great.

anybody out there with words of wisdom to share?

next, we committed to the primal challenge on mark's daily apple that started last week. we have been primal about 6 months, but this offers the opportunity for some accountability and challenging. :) but, like my blogging, i have not posted nearly as often as i had intended.


i live in my own land of dream and whimsy and picture myself posting everyday witty, encouraging posts....... here, on my own blog, and on mark's daily apple, and else where....... sharing my own meals and workouts and encouragement and success stories........... but life gets in the way, and it's hard to find time. and i'm not really that witty in person. and i don't have much of a success story........yet.

but, alas, i'm trying. and change has begun!!! inside and outside.

so, back to blogging...........

and, i did a lovely yoga retreat weekend!! 2 hours of baptiste (hot vinyasa flow) friday night. a 90 min bicycle ride saturday morning. another 2 hour baptiste session. lunch. then, a 2 hour yin yoga (deep stretch).






it was so lovely. quaint little downtown about 30 min from home in an old 100 year old building's loft space. friday night was a candlelight class!! the bike ride was through the town park and lake. the whole retreat was so nice.

then, as a side note, we had a downtown open house. we had so much fun. saw lots of people we knew. had dinner with wonderful people. and........ i won a 2 night stay at a bed and breakfast. woot!

i played in a pool sunday afternoon.

and, we worked out this morning. v.b. got the garage all fixed up for our workout area. nice!

today we did:
5 kettlebell snatches
5 kettlebell swings
10 burpees
...... 5 rounds. for time.




fun!! so, there we are. first garage workout........... 6am. first real work out in a. lloonnggggg. time.






not a flattering pic....... remember 6am. no makeup. bad posture. feeling very vulnerable.....


i also did yoga tonight, although that wasn't really on our plan. we do plan to do yoga tuesdays and thursdays. sprints on fridays and heavy lifting on saturdays. tentative plan of course. :) but, it feels good to have a schedule.

and, last but not least, i wanted to share that we also signed up for some of those mud run obstacle course races. our first one is this sunday. 5k. mud. obstacles. the jailbreak run. i'm nervous, but i know it will be fun. we are also doing the warrior dash in november!!! ohmigosh..............what have i gotten myself into!?!?!




i'd love to hear from you..........have you been to primal con? are you doing the primal challenge? have you done mud runs before??

happy monday!!!!
vibram girl.

a lovely evening for a bike ride

his and hers, originally uploaded by *** coleyB ***.

vibram boy and i each have our own electra bicycles. we bought them about 2 years ago. vibram boy's is black. mine is white. his. and hers.



i love our bikes. they have the cutest bell..... sounds just like you'd imagine it to.............. "brrriiinnngggg bbrrriinnnngggg" they are the amsterdam classic model. of course, it's because they are literally modeled after old dutch commuter bikes.... pretty much exact replicas.

this is an old bike............


this evening was a lovely 90* outside, with a breeze. really, it's amazing how nice 90* feels when you are use to the 98*-100*'s! :) so, we rode to oliver's fine foods.......... a super cute local gourmet grocer. we ate burgers ...... primal style.......... no bun, just meat, cheese and jalapenos. and lettuce, onions (and tomatoes for vibram boy). oh! and bacon. mmmm..... everything is better with bacon.

have i mentioned how much i love bacon?

then, we just rode around. like kids. for about 40 min.......... up and down the neighborhood streets, in circles around a parking lot.





it was a good moment to share........... we made the decision to go outside. we could have stayed inside. ate dinner at home (which normally IS the good decision) and watched hulu.com or a dvd ..... you know what i mean? we went outside to play instead. not a hard, crazy workout. just play. but we were moving and i think that is today's lesson............ go outside. play. move. run. jump. ride. laugh.

another closing thought from curly girl............

happy monday.

vibram girl

p.s. this is my mission statement.