the Relay Race

Yes, tonight's glorious event for the Zen Super Boot Camp was a relay race.  Not a normal relay race by any means, but a relay race non-the-less.  We broke up into 5 teams which competed head to head.  I have to say that Team 2 kicked butt all night, but I am a bit biased.  I will spare yo the play by play, but some events did stand out from others.  One leg we had to swing a mini hoop around our arms while we ran up the room, circled a chair, and then back to the next in line.  Going up the room went ok, it was the transition around the chair is where you needed some safety glasses.  The quick change in direction sent hoops flying at other contestants which made sure that everyone was on their toes and getting back to the start as soon as possible.

The other leg that was noteworthy was called the 'wiggly walk'.  I am not sure which brain child came up with this move, but it consists of the person taking the hoop and rotating it from side to side like a steering wheel.  While performing this seemingly innocent maneuver, you also had to swing your hips from your furthest extent to the other furthest extent all the way up the floor, around a chair, and back.  It looked like a cross between 'Driving Miss Daisy' and the 'Bear Necessity' dance BaLoo did in the 'Jungle Book'.  Most of the people were good sports and did a great job.  They were like 'Stella getting her groove' back Shaolin style.   For others (like me), we were just trying to hold on to the last bit of dignity left for the day.  Now I have been known to get down with my bad self rivaling some of the more talented white guys on the dance floor.  I have a wife that will vouch for it.  It is one of the reasons why she married me.  But for some reason I could not bring myself to swing my hips 'like I did not care'.  It was almost like if I was caught, I would have my man card pulled.  However, in the spirit of the competition I did the best I could do at the time.  The next time I will have to leave my ego at the door and 'swing it' with the rest of them.  But I don't think you will find me practicing that move anytime soon.