I went to the gym after work with the intent to run on the treadmill.  I forgot that the first week of January brings gyms that are twice as crowded as usual due to those pesky New Years Resolutions.  I couldn’t get a treadmill.  I couldn’t get an elliptical.  I tried the little track and I had some jerky guy yelling “track” at me every time he passed.  It started to sound like “quack” after a while, so he forever will be the duckman in my mind.

So I ended up taking a bootcamp-type circuit training class.  It was a solid 60 minutes of getting my butt kicked.  It was awesome.  It burned a good 550 calories in that hour, which rocks.

I didn’t run but I definitely got a similar metabolism supercharging workout.   I really want to run though.  I will try to get to the gym at an off time tomorrow so I can get a treadmill.   I think after today’s beating, I will try to do a nice slow 2 mile jog.