I could barely catch my breath during Saturday’s crossfit WOD. As you know, I just started easing myself back into running this week. I wasn’t expecting to see 400m repeats on the whiteboard. The weather has been nice lately so I shouldn’t have been that surprised. (At least rowing didn’t make the cut!)
Saturday WODs usually involve a partner or team WOD. This time Partner A would run 400m while Partner B did some bar work (see below). Once Partner A was finished the 400m, we would switch. It was a 26-minute AMRAP. Once we finished the list, we would start at the top again.
Kayle from the 6 a.m. class was my partner. At the 12-minute mark, I thought, “oh my gosh, we still have 14 minutes to go!” This WOD was definitely a lung buster. We finished strong, sweaty and happy! (My shoulders felt the brunt of the WOD on Sunday.)
My week involved daily rolling. I can’t tell you have much pain/joy my lacrosse ball gives me. I don’t think I would be running without it. You’d think I wouldn’t want to run after crossfit. But I was determined to get outside and hit the trail.
Later Saturday and Sunday I went to the perimeter trail near the golf course. Short and swee it’s the only “real” dirt trail in Red Deer. I train a lot here. My body quite enjoyed the dirt and did not miss the pavement one bit. Surprisingly my legs were okay with running a fastish pace on Saturday and slower on Sunday.
It will take some time before I am back to 100 per cent. I am just happy to be back training.
Nice to see you're back at it so hard! Okay, before I start inventing stuff, what does AMRAP stand for? (I expect that if I were in good shape I'd probably know the answer….lol)
AMRAP= As Many Rounds As Possible and WOD= Workout OF the Day 🙂 lol Thanks for the encouragement. I always feel out of sorts when I am not moving!