Day 31: I'm Louden Swain

The email:

Equipment the 50 lbs log

Start at your driveway.

Start with 25 burpees. Grab the 50 lbs log and run .25 miles away from the house. Drop the log at the .25 mile marker and run back to the house. 25 Burpees then run out to the log and carry it an additional .25 miles away from the house, drop it, return to the driveway, 25 Burpees. Run out past the log to the .75 mile marker. Turn around head back to the house picking up the log on the way back and drop it at the driveway, 25 Burpees and then you're done.

Ya, I know

The equipment:  

It's amazing what some people think is good exercise. Had I known I was going to portray Paul Bunyan, I'd have dressed the part:

Another rainy day here in playground land and getting started this morning was a bit easier than I thought. After all, today is the first day of school for the kids! I'm grateful today for Jen showing up and running with me. With the rain steady, the 55 pound log (FYI Sul, the only zeros on that log are the circumference of the log itself. I have 25, 35 and 55 lb logs) felt like 155 lbs, each step causing the bark to dig into my neck line.My route runs parallel to a highway and I can only imagine what people must have been thinking when they saw a kid running with a log on his shoulders. 

After all, I'm Louden Swain. (For you Sul! One of your favorite movies made the blog)

I had to drop the return runs after the halfway point, already feeling like I was swimming in my clothes. I did carry a 55lb log 1 mile and complete umpteen Burpees in the process. My shoulders are numb, and heavy to carry. I'm still being questioned at the office, this time for walking like this guy:

Off day tomorrow. See you all on Thursday! BOOM!