Beantown, Anyone?

Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Patty Kim

Updated Oct 24, 2009 at 11:06 PM

It’s official: Six weeks after registering for the 114th Boston Marathon, my entry was accepted!

You can even search for me on the Boston Athletic Association Web site’s database!

Guess this means it’s time to start training. I’m terrified!

The big race is Monday, April 19. Who’s coming with?

The more, the merrier!

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17 And Counting, Baby

Posted Oct 24, 2009 by Patty Kim

Updated Oct 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM

Woah.

I can’t blame this dude for trying to take down Timmy. But look at where he’s grabbing!

Hmmm.

It wasn’t pretty tonight in Starkville, but the Gators held on against the Bulldogs to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 17 games.

GO GATORS!

And congrats to Tim Tebow on his 49th career rushing score to tie Herschel Walker.

Now let’s get ready to take down some Bulldogs next week!

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Tennis Tunes

Posted Sep 10, 2009 by Patty Kim

Updated Sep 10, 2009 at 09:19 PM

On Tuesday night, my pal Nancy & I decided to hit the USF tennis courts to get our game on.

At first, we had the entire place to ourselves (out of 10 courts). Then players slowly started trickling in.

Because we’re such pro players, we have a caddy filled to the brim with 57 balls. If we only had a set of three, there would be a LOT more running for the both of us.

It was blazing hot and sunny when we first started playing. Poor Nancy sat in the shade in between “matches” while I collected the 57 balls.

All of a sudden, music flooded the tennis courts, pumping us up!

We didn’t realize it at first, but the USF men’s soccer team was playing Valparaiso that night. They won 1-0.

And we were jamming out!

In fact, this is what we looked like once the music started pumping:

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Who Doesn’t Need A Little Squeem?

Posted Aug 31, 2009 by Patty Kim

Updated Aug 31, 2009 at 09:24 PM

I had an over-the-hill birthday party to attend Saturday night for my friend Scott.

He’s an amazing husband, father, son, brother, friend, lawyer ...

What do you get for the man who has it all?

Squeem.

Here’s the line I wanted to get for Scott:

But instead I ended up going with this:

“Hasten weight loss due to high compression and sweating process.”

In other words, blast that beer belly immediately! Suck it in, suck it in, waaaaaaay in!

I see why this is nonrefundable.

Ladies, you might be familiar with Spanx body shapers.

Well don’t let Squeem pass you by without giving it a try. I found this at Walgreens!

And now you can buy one for that special man in your life who has a little more in the middle.

Tagline: magical lingerie.

Hot!

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Butt-Kicking

Posted Aug 31, 2009 by Patty Kim

Updated Aug 31, 2009 at 09:04 PM

I had a looooong week at work last week, and by the time Friday rolled around, I was done. Put a fork in me.

Yeah, I slept for almost 12 hours! Of course, that’s nothing for me.

After all, I hold the all-time sleeping record of 21 hours straight in college. (Why didn’t my roomies worry about me?)

When I finally joined the living Saturday, I needed to do some damage at the gym.

I ran for seven miles in the A/C, but it was still pretty miserable.

You’d think I’d be well-rested and ready to go after 12 hours of sleep. Not so much.

The plan was to lift after that, but I almost went straight home because I was pooped. I managed to talk myself into finishing three exercises and getting back to the comfort of my bed.

As I set up in the free weight room at Lifestyle’s, I heard a knock on the window separating me from the group exercise room.

It was Melissa, my favorite killer trainer. She waved me in to the room where I noticed a group of others running back and forth, forward and backward, across the room.

“Welcome to class!” she greeted.

“What?!”

“It’s kickboxing. Come join us!”

The thought of stomaching an hourlong kickboxing class with Melissa “I’m-Tough-Enough-To-Make-It-On-The-Show-’American-Gladiators’ ” made me want to crap my pants.

But because I’m so competitive—and mentally challenged, as well—I stayed.

People, I hate to admit it, but I almost vomited during class.

Our warm-up consisted of sprints forward and backward across the room. We did a scorpion stretch that felt great.

Then we moved on to squat jumps. All the way across the room. You SUCK, squat jumps! I hate you.

We went through some abs exercises, and by then, I was ready to call it a day.

We hadn’t even gotten to the dang kickboxing yet!

But when we strapped on our gloves and grabbed the mats, that was a good feeling! I did a pretty good job of punching and kicking the heck out of Melissa!

We actually inserted a tabata jump-rope workout.

In other words, 20 seconds of FAST jump-roping and 10 seconds of slow jumping. We did eight intervals for a total of four minutes of jump-roping.

Doesn’t sound that hard right? Then YOU try it!

Let me tell you, when that hour was finally up, I was so thankful I didn’t toss my cookies.

Melissa says I have killer cardio. What can I say?

I’m a masochist.

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