Butt Buster - the Saga on Summit

Monday, November 9, 2009 by Dea.

A friend of mine was talking about her morning walk at school pickup the other day.  She and several other moms called the hill on one of our town’s streets the Butt Buster.  My ear immediately perked up and I started to pay attention.  I love a good butt workout.

The street is appropriately named Summit.  I’ve driven there, and honestly had never even thought about it.  For a prairie region where the highest elevation in my county is a former garbage hill lovingly named Mt. Trashmore, hills are not common.  So walking is, generally, a little flat.

I went out the next morning, figuring it would be a nice change from my bike routine.  The weather here is gorgeous, especially for November.  I decided ahead of time I was going to do the Butt Buster 5 times.  Not a bad goal, I’m walking, not running a marathon.

It was about halfway up this monster of a hill that I realized 5 was a pretty lofty goal.  I was huffing, and sweating despite the 50 degree temperature.  I saw a few other moms walking the neighborhood, and they saw that I was doing the hill more than once, and they laughed.

I made it all five times, albeit slower each successive time.

The next morning, I was to meet 2 mom friends at 6 am to walk together, and we were going to include the Butt Buster.  Let’s just say that I am not an early riser.  It also did not help that my butt was, indeed, busted.  I did, however, get myself out of bed and to the meeting point.

We’ve been meeting and walking for 3 mornings now.  I love it.  It keeps me accountable, because I am meeting people.  The fresh air is fabulous.  And my butt is consistently being busted.  Fantastic!  I sure hope the weather holds, and we don’t have early snow this year.

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