Today my roommate and I started the day off right.
After a 75 minute power yoga session at 8 am on the lawn we were ready to gO. It was our first run through our little neighborhood up to the campus, and we were clearly running off adrenaline since I only got four hours of sleep last night! When inRome Greece...But it feels good to do my daily routine in my new home for five weeks!
Home away from home.
I think all our walking we have done on our group trips (we are averaging 9 miles a day) has worked up my calves to run up hill! It's exhilarating making it to the top!
But it was funny- we ran by our greek friend twice on campus and he thought we were crazy- "you guys need to relax! Drink some coffee, have a cigarette! Live fast and die young!" We laughed at him but this seems like a classic theory of living in the Greek culture. Sitting back and relaxing is harder to do for some Americans (me) I feel like I always have something I should be doing. Where as here they make time to socialize and relax not to mention the 2-5pm siesta time.
But I can get used to taking the time to relax...drinking the coffee- can't get enough of the frappes already.
Tomorrow our power will go out in our neighborhood from 11:00-16:00 for "electrical testing"I've never heard of this happening in places before. I guess I'll have to go eat everything out of our fridge now. Kidding.
On to the start of homework/class/ more frappes @ our cafe. Living the dream.
After a 75 minute power yoga session at 8 am on the lawn we were ready to gO. It was our first run through our little neighborhood up to the campus, and we were clearly running off adrenaline since I only got four hours of sleep last night! When in
Home away from home.
I think all our walking we have done on our group trips (we are averaging 9 miles a day) has worked up my calves to run up hill! It's exhilarating making it to the top!
But it was funny- we ran by our greek friend twice on campus and he thought we were crazy- "you guys need to relax! Drink some coffee, have a cigarette! Live fast and die young!" We laughed at him but this seems like a classic theory of living in the Greek culture. Sitting back and relaxing is harder to do for some Americans (me) I feel like I always have something I should be doing. Where as here they make time to socialize and relax not to mention the 2-5pm siesta time.
But I can get used to taking the time to relax...drinking the coffee- can't get enough of the frappes already.
Tomorrow our power will go out in our neighborhood from 11:00-16:00 for "electrical testing"I've never heard of this happening in places before. I guess I'll have to go eat everything out of our fridge now. Kidding.
On to the start of homework/class/ more frappes @ our cafe. Living the dream.
Sounds like you are settled in to a great routine. I have not tried PowerYoga yet but how does that work before running? I suppose if you're doing it on the lawn in Greece it's great! Running in hill country us a rude awakening for calves and glutes. (oh my ass is killing me)
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Power yoga is great before a run it stretches you out and gives you energy!
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