Run Fat Boy, Run!

Wasn’t at the gym.

It was in my driveway, shoveling snow.   We’ve just recently got a dump of snow about 4 inches, and I hadn’t shovelled the previous few times, so we’ve got some good buildup on the driveway.

The snowbanks are now over 3, someplaces 5, feet on my driveway.  My driveway is probably about 375 sq. feet or so.  It’s not huge, but it’s a good 30-40 minutes of shovelling on a good day.  Yesterday wasn’t so.

First of all, I had to shovel the paths as well, to the door, barbecue (yes, it gets used in winter…) and blaze a trail to the shed.  The shed has the crib and stuff in it, and we’ll need to unpack some of that this weekend as we’re setting up the nursery.

Then, I had to clean the drive entrance.  When it snows and I shovel, I usually have to do this area twice, so sometimes it gets forgotten the second time. What happens is that the city comes by and plows the road into the sidewalk, creating a berm.  I have to shovel that out when I do the driveway, otherwise cars can’t get into my driveway – our pilot can, but it’s an SUV.

Then, the city comes by two days later with the bobcat plowing the sidewalk.  This creates a second berm – the one that sometimes doesn’t get shovelled.

Long story short, as of yesterday there was an 8 inch step up onto my driveway, so I had to get out some tools (that weren’t meant for the job, or nice to my back) and chip away at it to create a slope that a car can traverse.

An hour later, and with my heartrate a lot higher than when it started,  a car can get into my driveway.

I didn’t quite even make it to they Rec Center to use the steam sauna, though it would have been nice.  But I did get a solid cardio workout, even if it was outside rather than in.  Sort of better in a way.

That was my workout.  What did you do yesterday to be physically active?  No, for real – not snarky at all.  Feel free to post in the comments about what you did yesterday, or even this week, to stay active.