I write this post on the heels of rocking three challenging Crossfit WOD this week. Wow I am good sore all over. I’m halfway finish of my three-month challenge. It’s been really great and I think I have found my groove.
Getting up at 5 a.m. is not easy but I am finding my pillow earlier. More sleep makes a huge difference.
Monday’s WOD was pure madness. It looked harmless … we were still talking about it on Friday. Talk about a lung buster! Shortest minute of my life. This could be a contender for one of the hardest WODs. It’s been a while but I think it’s harder than that crazy Miracle Mile. I could barely get in a C&J before it was time to do 7 more wall balls. I lost count at how many I finished in the end. I was one of the last people to finish.
We did Angie (ha ha) on Wednesday. Megan, Becky and I did this benchmark WOD last summer. It took me 23 minutes in June using a band for the pull ups. I didn’t rest as much between pull ups on Wednesday. I think it made a huge difference in cutting my time. This week it took me 19:40 seconds using a band again for the pull ups. I am not sure how long it took for each skill. I powered through the squats and sit ups (broken into 25-25-20-10-10-10). My push up technique is much, much better. I broke up the sit ups into something like 25-20-10-20-10-5. Feels good to see some improvement (even though I haven’t been doing crossfit regularly for months).
I met Kelly for the 5:45 class on Thursday. I was SO SORE from the push ups. I could barely bend my arms. The warm up did my body some good. I was relieve that there was no overhead stuff in the WOD. My poor body could not have handled it. This was a good WOD. I haven’t deadlifted in a long time so it was good to see what I could do. The Rx for women was 175 pounds but I decided to scale to 165. I wanted to ease back into it. I also skipped 75 times because my DUs are not there yet. This was challenging but managed to finish within seconds! I had to break up the deadlifts over the last four rounds. I was getting tired and my form was getting sloppy. Coach said I was looking good. I will take that!
The Crossfit Open started this week. The 14.1 WOD was released during our Thursday class. Everyone was huddled around the computer watching the announcement. I wish I could do the open but there’s some skills I am unable to do – mainly pull ups and DUs. And the first WOD features DUs. Ha ha ha
Maybe next year! It will be fun watching everyone compete!
Happy Saturday!
Great job on your workouts!!! Every time I do a push up, my right elbow pops, lol.
Thanks!! Hope it's not serious!
Looks like a solid week of training to me – great job! Ahh the weather… I'm finding that it's forcing me to be more creative with my workouts. I completely agree, as long as you're keeping active it's fairly easy to get back into the long runs. I opted for a mix of cycling and running on the track at Talisman. It was -40 outside but felt like I was running in the Bahamas on the track, humid and warm!