9th and 9th

Haven't checked out the best Pilates studio in town yet?  9th and 9th Pilates offers over 30 classes a week to meet your needs. For all my fellow early birds out there, I teach 6 AM and 7 AM classes during the week to start your day off right. So what are you waiting for? Check us out now at 9th and 9th Pilates.

Punch Line

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" inquires Duncan as he flips his Laffy Taffy wrapper over to peek at the answer. I admit my defeat with a shrug and the kindergarten class squeals with delight that Duncan has outwitted me.

Of course this creates a flurry of spinoffs. Suddenly I am bombarded with questions as to why the turkey, the skeleton, the rabbit, etc. are making their way across the road.

And then I feel another little tug at my jacket. It's Max.

"Knock, knock" he says, already chuckling at his own joke.

"Who's there?"

His face goes blank; I can tell he's lost his train of thought. After a few seconds of wracking his brain for the answer, he shouts, "BANANA I DIDN'T SAY ORANGE!"

Sometimes the mistakes are funnier than the jokes. :)

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Over three years together and not a single day spent apart. 

Playlist: Pilates Edition

I've had some requests lately for Pilates music so I pulled a few tunes from some of my most-used playlists. I hope this helps!

"Lucky" - Jason Mraz
"You Are My Sunshine" - Ray Charles
"40 Day Dream" - Edward Sharpe
"Shahdaroba" - Roy Obison
"Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart" - Dusty Springfield
"Vienna" - Billy Joel
"Le Temps Perdu" - Carla Bruni
"Feelin' Alright" - Joe Cocker
"Home" - Edward Sharpe
"Midnight Train To Georgia" - Gladys Knight
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" - Mavis Staples
"Hope" - Jack Johnson
"A Beautiful Mine" - Madder Men
"Fidelity" - Regina Spektor
"Break It To Me Gently" - Brenda Lee

The Dirty Dash Results

Over the last weekend in September, Utah held it's first mud run and I was not about to pass up 6.2 miles of ewy, gooey awesomeness. During the course of the 10K, runners scrambled up a mountain against the strong current of a snowmaking machine, jumped hay bales, darted through a tire run, scaled walls, slithered through tunnels and gleefully bounced down a hill on what I swear has to be the world's longest water slide. And for our supportive friends and family was a station during the last leg of the run where they could pelt us with water balloons. This obviously isn't the kind of race for setting a new PR, but it was a blast! I pulled a picture from their website to give you a sense of the chaos.

Doesn't this look like fun?

And of course I earned my fair share of injuries. I tore up my shin while jumping over the last wall and the canyoneering shoes I ran in blistered my feet beyond recognition (this was really super considering I was running a marathon 7 days after this race. :) But it was more than worth it. 

Now if this has piqued your interest about mud running, there's still a chance to experience it. The Dirty Dash has already lined up a 5K and 10K for next summer. I know I'll definitely be there!

WInter Is Here!

Here's hoping it will be a powder-filled ski season.