Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 9:11 AM
Boot Camp
By Kirsten Palladino

Day 23

This morning was fantastic. I was ready to go after yesterday's wonderful 5-mile run. I wasn't sore and felt great. Plus, I knew we were working on our upper bodies, and that made me happy, as I've got some major arm toning to do. When I showed up, there were only, like, 4 campers and a dozen instructors. My first thought was, "Did the run scare that many people off? How am I, a generally sedentary person, here and they're not?" But a few more arrived before we got started, and we were off for a short jog to our warm-up station. I've really seen my body's abilities change from week 1 to week 4. In the first week, I was completely wiped out in just the warm-up. Now, I can at least sustain myself through that and save energy for the actual workout, which today consisted of lots of band exercises, ab work and some leg lifts. I'm definitely feeling much stronger!