WODing it up with no time!

Haaaay! I've had kind of a busy week.  Its been tough to start my 4 week challenge with.  I started out well... cooking for myself and busting my ass at the box, but the busiest part of the week always catches up to me.  I know I should try to cook as much as I can but when I say I'm never home... I'm truly NEVER home.  That been an issue with trying to lead a paleo lifestyle.  Unlike most I have a job which usually starts around 11am and I don't get home most of the time til after 9.  Its tough just trying to get to a supermarket and even harder to get 8 hours of sleep.  Our challenge also includes trying not to watch as much TV and trying not to be on the computer soo much.  TV isn't a problem for me since I don't even have time to watch anything nor does anything really interest me.  Seriously though, I need my Internet time.... I've gotten so used to having the world at my fingertips that I don't hesitate to use it and often.  I will come home and check facebook which is how some people try to contact me through my job, and I like to keep up with the news and sports that way (as well as my challenge group) since i don't really watch TV.  Of course I try to have fun with it as post silly things to make my friends laugh so it really is a tool to unwind for me.  I also like to read blogs about things I'm into at the moment typically hair stuff, crossfit, and paleo eating.  Celebrity blogs used to be a guilty pleasure but I cut that out.  Either way I'm finding my challenge this time a lil more difficult with having enough food to eat.

I'm supposed to be trying to make my own meals but I was off today and was only home for a total of 2.5 hours from when I woke up til now.  I ran out of food soo I had to go to the store but that wasn't til late.  When I was home I showered, did some laundry, cleaned up my house.... later showered again(after my game) more laundry, and now I'm home again fed my cats put my food away and did more dishes.  I sat down to facetime my nephew and now I'm spent.  If i wasn't home I was running around... because my days off are split so relaxing is not really an option.  I did get to go play ball today though and it was a good game even though we lost.  My brother came out and played with us today which was awesome cuz hes good and hes a lefty.  I felt confident with him out there and he did make some great diving catches.  He should be good he did have me as an older sister! haha!  We always practiced together as kids our father would take us and shoot balls from the plate at us in the field with a pitching machine.  My dad knew that I was always going to be an infielder because i was always quick with my head totally in the game especially with having no fear of the ball.  So he shot bouncing line drives at me for years as a kid.  I'm still til this day an infielder and I still love to play.

This whole week I was able to WOD Mon-Thur early morning too.  I was trying to beat the heat but I realized waking up that early cuts into my sleep and makes it a little harder with trying to get home cook and get to work.  I even got up to WOD at 730 when I had a phils 1pm game which I spent the day at then went to practice later.  Somehow I cooked all my own food that day and ate like a saint, but summer shandys were a must and this game was planned from Feb when I took off for it so I enjoyed myself.   I had a good week at the gym, I didn't really make any significant PRs with lifting but my metcons were fast and felt good.  LOVING the romaleos!  They felt sooo good and gave me some extra stability, definitely a difference.  I'm not putting all my wods and times up cuz I don't feel like sitting on the computer sorry lol.  I definitely had a great crossfit week though and its probably from eating like a cavewoman.

 ughhhhh!  Then i was cooking at 1030 while trying to do some laundry and making lunch for Friday and taking a shower going to bed at 12pm not good.  I live a non-stop life... I'm always going somewhere or having to do something... but I'm never bored lol.
So I had a game Thursday night with the gals and played 3rd.  LOVED IT.  It was nice to not play short for once and take all the shitty hops and the pressure when everyone gets mad.  I was having fun running like crazy for foul balls.  Rob had family come in for the night so I had to run as soon as I was done to see them and then it was 9 and I hadn't eaten and there was no decent food either so I waited til i got home.

Friday I had to get up early for work and it was a monsoon.  I got to work late from traffic ughh!  So already behind from when I walked in, but all I wanted to do was make sure I got to eat something at some point.  I made sauteed zucchini and spinach with tomato sauce and poured it over grass fed ground beef i had made the night before.  SOOOOO GOOD... even if i only had enough time to heat some of it.  Reason being for forcing food in between clients was because I was leaving work and going straight to Dark Sparrow Tattoo to get my old shitty foot tattoo covered up.  Its awful that I walked around with it for so long while people would have to ask what it was.  When I had it done back around 2002 I just remember I didn't like it then but it hurt soo bad that I didn't even care what it looked like.  I decided to start a sleeve and I cant do it with this horrible travesty of ink on the top of my foot.  So i decided to cover this mess up first.

before and after

It hurt like a bitch... like a BITCH.  I was crawling out of my skin for 3 hours.  Lots of shading and dragging on the bone.   I'm just glad its over and I love it!!!  Sooo detailed and pretty I don't even know what it is but its beautiful!  My guy Alex is the man... he was soo funny and entertaining.  As always my amazing friend Karen also made the night easier to deal with.  Karen started playing crazy music over the whole studio and it definitely helped ease the pain.  At one point we were all jamming to Toto's Africa! YES!!!  We didn't leave til 10pm and I had to still go get dial soap and there was no food in my house so the closest thing to home (the wick) made me a burger on lettuce and I didn't even get a beer. I just wanted to go home and get my foot up and SLEEP the pain away.

After barely sleeping I had a great breakfast in the car on the way to work from Panera Breads hidden menu which I just learned about.... why after working next door for 6 years did I just learn about this!  I had a steak, 2 eggs, tomatoes, and avocado bowl!! YESS AMAZING!!!  Everything was organic although the steak was great I'm not sure it was grassfed, but at the time all I was worried about was my humongous swollen foot which didn't fit in any of my shoes!!!! It was killing me... so ill take that togo breakfast and eat it at every red light and not feel guilty about it.  Later after not eating all day and my foot hurting worse and even more swollen, I was starving and met my boyfriend at a new gourmet burger place close to home.  I got sweet potato fries and an amazing burger as well as 2 angry orchard beers.  It was a sad moment to cheat but I forgot to special order my burger and I really was in some pain so I had the beers but at least they were gluten free and you know what... it made me feel soo much better.  I swear the beers helped me relax and my foot wasn't throbbing as bad.  Whatever... day blown... and then we sat around all night and watched TV and relaxed to make it even worse but I had to rest.  Whatever... Sunday is a new day and I behaved all day.  As well as ran around and played ball with no beers after like normal.  I'm not making excuses but I was in pain and had a moment of weakness... anything to feel better. PS today my tattoo isn't as swollen and didn't even bother me playing ball.  Oh and my new bat came in... its ok I'm not sure I like it or not I guess I have to just get used to it. They sent me a B2.0 ehh... I'm not impressed but everyone else liked it. Til next time.... give me strength!

the last hurrah.. pre-challenge weekend

Hey everyone! I hope you guys were alot cooler than me! Works been crazy awesome but exhausting at the same time. Ill bet that has something to do with me eating like shit to get all my snacks and beer in before the 4 week challenge.  I'm actually very excited for this paleo challenge.  Paleo has worked well for me and my body loved it.  I started to stray off with life getting so busy which is a poor excuse.  The hardest thing about paleo is just having all the food and having it easily accessible.  I'm going to try to be as strict as possible.  Sooo we went out for dinner 5 nights straight including out to breakfast twice. What can I say it's a very busy time of year for us and we make plans for every night, especially on the weekend. Playing softball twice a week always ends with beer and its a great time. I'm truly going to struggle most with not having a few beers here and there. It's pretty much how I relax with my boyfriend friends and family. I don't get drunk but it's refreshing this time of year and it def helps me relax.

We ate at one of my favorite restaurants last night, La Esperanza, and had some beers. It was AWESOME! Later I went and talked to my tattoo guy about covering up my terrible foot tattoo that I've been hating for over 10 years. It's soo bad I've had to tell people what it is when they ask, and it's soo bad people actually had to ask. I'm thrilled and can't wait for it to be done Friday.

Pancake fries... soo good but soo bad

Sunday morning we went to the pop shop for a glutinous breakfast. They actually had PANCAKE FRIES ...ridiculous and u know we got them! They were sooo good with cinnamon cream cheese dip... But it was at that time I realized all this last hurrah food was absolutely making me sick. I felt awful and even worse I was sooo sluggish. I felt lazy and didn't even want to play softball. The heat isn't helping but I swear its from eating soo shitty. I needed to get this out of my system but then it caught up to me and I had no desire to eat anything all day after that massive breakfast which I could barely finish.  In fact after softball Rob wanted to go around the corner to crapplebees and all I got was a margarita.  I had no appetite what so ever and still don't.  I think I was poisoned with terrible fake food, lots of dairy and grease.  At least now I know that I don't want any of that crap and even after 4 weeks all I'll remember is how sick and gross I felt.  I cant wait to start my 4 weeks of clean paleo eating!  I cant wait for my face to not look all gross and broken out!  My body definitely craving a change.

Anyway we won our game and I realized both games were very dull and quiet.  I think its this crazy heat we've been having.  I love to play the game... but I'm a very emotional player... you could say?  I get into it and I don't hesitate to open my mouth back at the other team... especially with the coed team.  When someone has something to say or something is wrong (as in bad sportsmanship) I'm the first one to open my big mouth.  Its going to get me in trouble one day but I'm not afraid of dumb people and I'm going to stick up for my team.  Either way it was very quiet and no one was carrying on.  We won and just walked off the field like nothing happened.  I'm dying to get my new bat in... hopefully it will come this week.  I'm not hitting as good as I was with my bat... so hopefully this one will be a good replacement.  I just cant wait for Monday... new way of eating and I get back to crossfit.  Here's to a tough WOD to start off this challenge right... I cant wait to see whats waiting for me in the box tomorrow!

RX, sweat, and Personal records baby!

Soo I basically started my week off at 730am when my bud Alex (coach) says to me... why are you here so early?  Everyone kinda knows I'm not an early bird... especially because my work schedule doesn't usually start til 11am.  To be fair... i also work til 9pm when everyone else has had dinner and is already half asleep so whateve.  I decided last week, after taking the late morning class that I was still all red and sweaty by the time i was clocking in and ready for my first client, that that's not ok.  I needed to start going earlier... and you know what I actually like it.  Unfortunately this also made me more tired by the time I was done work I just wanted to go to bed and not eat but thats not ok either... I need to find a happy medium.  I cant get anything done when I work til 9 and cant get anything done before work because things aren't open.  I'll figure it out.. I'm just putting my passion first and that is training in crossfit.  Its soo good for me and I adore it, as well as all of the amazing people who I've come into contact with... and yes i love you all.  We are about to start a 4 week healthy challenge based on diet and rest and basically taking exceptional care of your body.  Its based on the paleo lifestyle which i definitely know about... i just still consider myself a rookie.  I'm still a crossfit rookie when it comes down to it.  I'm waiting for that day when I don't feel like going... I'm going on 9 months now and that has yet to happen... or even come close.  Its almost as if I'm going to play something ...a fun game of some sort, its hard to explain but we all know.

So anyway... I wanted to go hard this week since I felt like going early was going to be tough for me i wanted it to be worth it.  I was able to RX this all the WODs i did this week!!!!! YES!!! That's all I really try for everyday I train.  Clicking that lil RX button means everything to me... I feel like I can do it without being babied... although theres still alot of things I cant do RX, 3 days in a row made me feel  amazing! Tues there was no lift but I stayed after class with Alex and did the competition work so i felt better doing some clean and jerks after, and because I was there so early I had the extra time!  We did the Fight Gone Badish benchmark metcon.  YESS!!! I love doing benchmarks.. its good to try to beat your own time!

5/28/13 WOD
METCON
Fight Gone Badish


-3 rounds for reps 267 reps
--1min wallballs 14lb
--kettlebells 35lb
--box jumps
--push press 55lb
--row for calories
--rest 1 min

Wed I woke up saw that it was squat day and I wanted to beat my 1 rep max of 250lb.  I was determined.  My bud Rach was there and that made it soo much better.  I did the hatch squat program which required you to do your 1 rep max and when I got there I just did the required 3 reps.  I was soo excited it felt like xmas morning with a PR!!!  I think I love to squat.  I love doing alot of lifting but squats and deadlifts might be my thing.  The metcon consisted of front squats and push presses and bar hop burpees(which are the devil) and I did better than I thought.  The RX weight was 75lbs so I was good with that but it got heavy fast.  I cooled off and got ready for work only to realize it was one of my buddy's last day at our shop.  Shanely has been a huge part of our store and has really gotten to know our clients well.  I'm going to miss her soo much.

5/29/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-back squat x3 @250lbs
METCON
-AMRAP in 10 min
111,222,333,444......
-front squat
-push press
-bar hop burpee
finished with 8.7 rds


Today I decided to sleep in since I was falling asleep while trying to eat dinner late after 9pm.  I now know that I def hate watching Kelly and Michael and wont be wasting my time with that anymore.  Shes become soo annoying and its ashamed because I love him, hes been a great co-host.  I realized today I cant stand to watch her anymore.  I kept thinking that I shouldve been at the 9am WOD.  There were some errands I needed to run today and since places didn't open til 10ish I would go before my 12 class and get everything done... well that didn't work because I forgot a few errands and I went to see Dr Nelson about and hr early because I had the wrong time lol.

Anyway it was sooo hot.... duh like that's all we talked about all day ...but my car was saying 94 and it felt worse in the box.  Our strength for the day was power cleans ...which I love and I wanted a PR.  We started and I was all sweaty before I even got weight on the bar.  I managed to get up to 145lbs for a PR!!  I failed the first time and gave it a few min and then I got it!  We were doing cleans in the metcon too so it was a gonna be a good day.  This was another benchmark that i haven't done yet so I wanted to set the bar high for myself.  I felt like I did well since i couldn't breath and didn't feel weak til the last set.  My lungs held me back but I felt good about my score... I was moving as fast as I could thank god for that starbucks lol.

Top bruise..crossfit/sliding boo boo on bottom

5/30/13 WOD
STRENGTH

METCON
The Chief
-5 rounds of 3 min per round AMRAP
--3 cleans @95lbs
--6 push ups
--9 air squats
21 full rounds completed

We were soaked... but it felt good almost like a detox/sauna.  I got home and realized I had an email from Rogue about the Nike Romaleos finally coming in!  I have been waiting for these weightlifting shoes to come in now for at least 6 weeks.  My feet are tiny so I have a hard time finding a small mens size but these things are badass.  I cant wait to see how they help me with lifting.

I couldn't wait for my softball game tonight with the women's league.  These girls are the best.  We play well together, have fun, make fun of each other, and best of all we win ....ALOT.  So it was probably our biggest game before playoffs and we won, we played well tonight too.  I feel awful tho I hit one of my teammates with a line drive.... like a hard line drive.  Shes tough though trust me if I asked her if she was ok one more time she prob would've threw me in a headlock.  Robbie came with me we had a few beers and got food at the bar... ya know getting all the bad food and beer in before my 4 week challenge.  I need a challenge since I realized how great paleo is for me Ive really slacked, like BAD.  Its not that I want to eat that way but Ive had no time to prepare food or even get to the store.  Besides that its been a crazy time of year for me not only at work but everywhere else too.  This challenge will make me stop making excuses and get serious about this by being held accountable.  That's sad that I need it but maybe after 4 weeks it will come natural to me again. We shall see! this is going to be interesting!

Sweating my a$$ off!

Hey hey HAY! Ok so I guess I'm going to start with what a great but fast week its been.  I don't know how but its already Memorial Day weekend! This week flew by I can only hope the weekend slows down and I get to enjoy it.

So I'm having some great pain in my arms, which is showing that all the right muscles are working and no pain in the shoulder!  This is great.  There was a great WOD on Tues which was push up torture (i loved it) on the arms, and bench pressing for 8 reps which is the most I've done.

5/21/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-benchpress x8 @100lbs
METCON
-sets of 21,18,15,12,9
--push ups
--sit ups
--50m lunges with 30lb dumbells
finished in 8:34

Wed I woke up in the early AM to WOD and couldn't even roll myself over to hit the alarm clock.  Haha it was tough to get out of bed, ya know later after I realized I was too sore to workout, but I finally got my coffee and stretched then realized I had soo much upper body/arm pain that work was going to be tough.  Thank god when we cut hair we have our elbows low because it was going to be a T-REX kind of day lol!  All was well until I tried to undress myself to shower hahaha, it was soo pathetic trying to get out of my shirt, I think may have bruises from something in the bathroom.  Getting dressed again was also quite a sight.  The pain was great though, like I def pushed myself well past the comfort zone.  I definitely needed a rest day.

Today I woke up stretched out, still pretty sore, but when I saw it was squat day I knew I would be ok to WOD.  We did "jackie" today for the conditioning part of the WOD.  It was soo awful to look at but once we got warmed up it wasn't soo bad.  I think I was psyching myself out about trying to do 50 thrusters after just doing them Monday for the first time with no pain.  Also the last time I rowed (which is another one of my favs) I had to stop after just starting because my shoulder.  Seriously though... no shoulder pain!  I swear Dr Nelson is the man!!

5/23/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-back squat x4 @225lbs
METCON
"Jackie"
-1000meter Row
-50 thrusters @35lbs
-30 pull ups
finished in 11:07

Softball was rained out tonight soo Robbie took me out for dinner and a drink.  I tried the Three Olives Monroe with club... pretty good but I would rather have my goose.  This woman came in sat right in front of me at the bar and I couldn't stop staring at her! She had to be 80lbs and in this long maxi dress with bracelets that looked like orange tires around those boney lil wrists.  She looked very arrogant and mean too. The top of her arms were as thick as my wrists. I wanted to send her a burger and then put her up top for an overhead squat. Then I kept thinking ..I could def overhead squat her I know it.  Is something wrong with me.. I just found her to be weak and it made me sad.  I don't ever want to look like that poor woman, I want to be fit and tight with muscles not bones.   Let me tell u though she thought her shit didn't stink. It feels good to have some meat and I never felt this great before. I'm proud of who I'm becoming because even tho I'm sore and I complain (alot) I still get up and do it again and again. I even doubt myself all the time be cause I'm having pain or whatever it is this week but then once I stretch, warm up, and get a pep talk from my coach I feel ready to kick ass.

This weekend is going to consist of lots of bad food, snacks and seasonal bbq goodies, and beer I'm sure.  I plan to get all of my cravings out of my system this weekend as I joined a 4 week healthy eating challenge with my friends from the box.  Sunday my friends and I are planning on having a softball game of some sort and a party after.  The details are still being worked out but I have Sunday and Monday off soo I'm looking forward to relaxing and running around like a 10yr old.  I LOVE when I have 2 days off in a row, it somehow feels like 4 days off.  Work is soo busy.  I would love to change my schedule around a lil and having sun mon thur off again and work extra long days but that kind of hurt my body, ya know with no breaks or nourishment, oh yeah and stress fractures. Besides I feel like my monday night gets a few people in who enjoy the quiet night.  Ohhh if only there were 8 days in the week lol. Have a great holiday weekend.

FRANtastic weekend!!!

I started my weekend off with ...of course... a new injury.  I don't know if I just jammed, hyper extended, or busted my finger, but by today its just really sore and stiff.  After a fielding softball practice I took a bad bounce off a ball and saw stars.  My ring finger was instantly numb and didn't hurt too much so I continued to play.  When I woke up sat morning it was killing me... all bruised and swollen like a sausage.  Thank god I had a half day because I actually need that finger to cut hair and couldn't imagine doing more work than I had scheduled.  I had a great day though and once I clocked out we wrapped me in a splint and went straight to the phils game.

It was just me and rob and we love starting at xfinity for food and beers.  Ive realized its tough to tailgate with only 2 people and sometimes its just awesome to be waited on.  Summer Shandy was my drink of choice for the night and it definitely hit the spot.  The game was pitiful so we left and met up with some buds at a new local bar.

Sunday was awful.  The weather sucked and I was pretty much expecting to play softball, but believe it or not ...we played.  Well... we kinda played.  We more or less got slaughtered which is not like our team.  It was muddy and rainy, but I'm just happy no one got hurt.  When your running around an slipping sliding all over its soo easy to get hurt but nothing was hurt but our egos.

Ali's sweat angel

Soo... today was FRAN at the box!!!!  I was excited but a lil hesitant with my bad shoulder.  Its alot of thrusters which I really haven't been able to do heavy since feb.  Now that we know my shoulder pain is coming from my arm muscles not activating (not working whatsoever) Im trying to stretch and do whatever I can to get them to wake the fuck up!  Before people got there I was hanging with Bonnie and asked her what she suggested.  I ended up doing some 15lb dumbell arm workouts.  Just light, quick but tight movements.  I'm soo awful at dumbells since Ive always done barbell, with the exception of some little stuff.  When I do any dumbell workouts my arms are all wobbly over the place and pretty weak.  Anything over 20 is just pathetic looking and not tight, almost like no control.  Can I tell you how much those exercises helped me.  I went to do my thrusters and I was def nervous that it was going to hurt but I had no pain... I even went up to 125 but couldn't do more than one lol.  I was soo thrilled.  This meant that I was going to participate in FRAN.  This class was great... full of some great people and we banged out the wod soo fast it barely felt like an hour.  I love working out with some of my fav buds, it seemed like an event of some sort.  I even got a short video of 2 of my buds starting fran.

Anyway my I was thrilled with my FRAN score.  I dropped down to the red and orange bands for my pull ups and did the RX weight at 65lbs.  Somehow I beat my old time by a full min.  I'm happy with that especially since I didn't even think I would be able to do it. This was awesome tho because I actually had burning post-wod numbness in my forearms... so I know them babies were working!  I never had that pain there before so as awful and rubbery as it was I know did everything right.

5/20/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-thrusters x3 @115lbs
METCON
-FRAN- sets of 21,15,9
--thrusters @65lbs
--pull ups
finished in 7:08

dull week/crossfit withdrawl

So I'm sure everyone is dying to know what Ive done this week ...just kidding lol.  Last weekend was pretty much crazy but nothing athletic or wild to talk about.  I had a funeral, crazy ass prom day(awesome day), a highly productive but insane saturday for my whole shop,  coed softball was cancelled due to mothers day, and we just hung out with moms and did the sunday brunch thing.

Due to my weak and sore shoulder, I took it easy this week and didn't crossfit til today.  I was in alot of pain over the weekend and had to open the shop on monday so I didn't have the time to go anyway.

me and rach were twins today!

The shoulder is feeling much better though and I was having crossfit withdrawl so I knew I had to go today.  I saw Dr Nelson and he said its still not really working right but no pain is good.  The WOD today was alot of overhead squats which I just assumed I wouldn't be doing.  I warmed up with everyone and found that the only thing that really hurt me was push ups, the overhead squats didn't bother me and I even got a PR lol!  After thinking about it all day I think I like doing them they felt easier to do today.  I just felt stronger to hold weight over my head and squat and it felt good, just being back in there felt great.

5/16/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-power snatch x2 and overhead squat x2 @95lbs
METCON
-21,15,9 reps of
--overhead squats
--burpees

I had a game tonight... I hit a homerun at my first up at bat, but I had a few balls get by me ughhhhh!  That pisses me off.  My throws were good and my base running was good but man those errors ate me alive!  We were all making errors and laughing about it because we played a team that hasn't won yet.  In the end they almost caught up to us from all of our errors but we shut it down.

where did this week go?

Soo this week went too fast.  I hit my regular crossfit schedule with the exception of  Tues.  After Mondays "grace" wod... i was just burned out lol.  Wed I got to do something new... its apparently a torture squat session lol but i loved it.  I think I did almost 100 squats yesterday with weights half about 65lbs and the rest over 150lbs.  No wonder I'm waddling around today lol.  So somehow the metcon had a few toes to bar(which i still cant do, but the form has gotten much better) which apparently did something to front of my shoulder.  Come to find out today that I must have really pulled it but, Dr Nelson figured out something huge with this.  So I have a majorly under developed bicep on the side that hurts, and that tends to be the side of my back that hurts as well as typical shoulder pain.  I'm glad we found out the weakness that's been causing some annoying pain off and on for a bit now.  Dr Nelson is the man, he really knows his stuff.

5/6/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-clean and jerk x1@140lbs
METCON
-30 clean and jerks for time
finished in 4:24

5/8/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-front squat x5@155lbs
-hatch squats
METCON
3 rounds of
-21 front squats @65lbs
-15 kettlebell swings @45lbs
-12 toes to bar
-9 burpees
finished in 12:57

5/9/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-hexbar deadlift x3 @295lbs
METCON
only finished one round
-500m row
-12 deadlifts
-21 box jumps


After my appt my shoulder felt good enough to workout, and the WOD didn't have much arms in it so I decided to give it a go.  I felt good doing the lift but I had a hard time with the first part of the metcon.  Rowing is something I truly enjoy but today I had to stop after the first round.  It even hurt my shoulder to do box jumps which is bizarre.  Sore wasn't even close to describe how bad it hurt.  I had a hard time driving and also could barely put deodorant under my arm.  Thank god I booked for an appt with my friend who is a massage therapist.  I saw her and just did neck and back, she said I was really tight.  After my awesome massage I was able to move more without pain... thank god because I had a softball game in a couple hours.

I love playing ball with my blue girls.  They're soo funny and its nice to spend that time with them.  I was pissed because I wasn't hitting well and my buds told me that my bat sounded weird.  Sure enough my effin bat was rattling when you tapped it on the ground.  WTF!!! I loved that bat and now its broken... that explains why I couldn't get anything to move on Sunday.  We found out that Easton has a return policy and should take my bat back.  Its not even a year old and I paid good money for it.  Either way we won and are still undefeated.

Tomorrow is a big prom day in the salon and I'm sooo excited for it.  I love formal hair, and thank god I don't have to blow dry because my shoulder couldn't take it.  Its going to be a crazy busy day though.  Days like this I don't have a break or a chance to eat.  I will rely on my orgain shakes to get me through the day lol.  I'm trying to not drink them as much with paleo and all, but its better than not eating and its atleast organic.  Speak of paleo... I had this amazing BACON BLOODY MARY last night, from Zinburger.  My meal was mostly paleo but it was an embellished delicious version. I enjoyed every bit!!!

i think im turning green

Hey guys! Soo after a rough work weekend with a nasty sinus infection we kind of just laid low.  I was soo excited because we were doing the CROSSFIT TOTAL today.  Being totally unaware of what to expect I got a lil nervous.  What I understood was ...it was the total weight lifted in a 1 rep max of a back squat, shoulder(strict) press, and a deadlift.  After I walked in I found my buds some of which I only get to see at events so that was awesome, they started telling me about how I'm going to beast this thing today.  I started getting more nervous.  Its weird... its like I put pressure on myself because I don't want to fail.  Either way I didn't know that other people knew I could lift.  Today was my first time ever doing some one rep max's soo I was soo curious to see how much I could get up.  I'm still not sure how I feel about telling people outside the gym how much I can lift.  I mean its cool and badass in the box but outside my friends, co-workers, clients, and family look at me as if I'm a monster.  Sometimes, like today, I really surprise myself with the weight I can lift and I do think I'm weird because I'm strong for no reason.  Ive been a hairstylist since 18 years old.  Softball is a sport Ive played my whole life but once I turned 18 I've played slow pitch and that's not really a workout... its just fun.  So I have no answer as to why I can lift but I love what its doing for me.  I do however really love lifting, its turning into something I truly enjoy.

So I started with my back squat.  In my head I didn't want to warm up alot I just wanted to start heavy and finish strong.  I LOVE using the 45lb weights... theres just something badass about them.  We did a few reps with lower weights and then I wanted to go from 215 to 250 since that was the number in my head.  250lb is a goal for me since I love squating and its not far from where I am at a few reps.  I was thrilled when I was able to go down and up with good form!  I even decided to go for 260lb but i got stuck at the bottom of the squat hahah lol.  The group I was lifting with was awesome... in fact everyone there today was awesome!  The gals I shared the bar with were pushing me way further than I would've pushed myself.

After that was the shoulder press... no dip, no bounce, standing, straight, and tight from the shoulder.  I wanted to just get a PR since I've been stuck at 85lbs for months.  After a few warmups, I tried one at 90lbs and couldn't even get it halfway.... WTF!!! This also happened to my girl B, so she suggested we rest as long as we could and try again.  We rest... I get up to the bar and get it half way and one arm locked out.... i held the bar half way with one arm bent for about 10 seconds while I refused to fail.  Somehow I got it the rest of the way up!!!  My whole body shook as I pushed and have no idea how it happened but everyone was screaming for me.... it was crazy!! I think was the most excited about this lift because its my weakness and finally got a PR.  That was all I wanted.

On to one of my favorites... DEADLIFTS!!!  I was thrilled to see where I was going to end up.  A 300lb lift was something I was going for but didn't think I could do.  I was really going for 290lbs... considering my heaviest deadlift was 275lbs.  One of the strong women I really admire was lifting with us and I know she has done way more than me so I told her I was going to try and keep up with her.  We did 265lbs and it felt light.  Then 285lbs felt good too soo I kept going.  Jamie got 305 on the bar and I did that one pretty good too.  Her and I decided to go one more time and when I went to try it my buds said "no... your going for 315" which scared the shit out of me.  I got it up though... and didn't struggle too much.  HOLY SHIT I JUST PICKED UP 315LBS!!!  This is why I think somethings weird about me,  I shouldve turned red and shakey, but I didn't at all.


4/5/13 WOD
CROSSFIT TOTAL
Back Squat- 250lbs
shoulder press- 90lbs
deadlift- 315lbs
total 655lbs

I never thought weightlifting is something that would interest me... at all.  In fact I was probably just like everyone else who makes faces at me when I tell them what I lifted.  I get it... its not the most feminine thing but now that I do it I understand why its soo great for the body.  My shoulders, back, legs and butt are getting sculpted, I have a waist again, I'm losing inches, and my old clothes are starting to fall of me.... and its only been 7 months that Ive been training.  Crossfit is not all weightlifting, but we do it to learn good form for the low weight high rep conditioning WODs.  Weightlifting makes us stronger and faster for everything else we do.  It was really cool today to see what my "total" was.  I think this is a worldwide thing so if I go to Australia and meet someone who crossfits I can ask them what they're total is and I know how strong they are.  This is another reason why I love this sport.

Paleo=Blood work to make your Dr proud

my new necklace from melissa

So here we go again on the take my blood and pray for good results roller coaster.  I had my appt today to go over my bloodwork and I had them check everything besides my thyroid.  My doc was thrilled to see that my results have dramatically changed and all of my levels were right were they should be.  I even got a high five YES!  I worry now that I'm 30 because my mother had a heart attack very young and I have all of her health issues but we were able to find them earlier.  Including thyroid, and HBP I'm just waiting now to get the hypoglycemia.  The entire family suffers from high blood pressure on both sides so my bro and I were screwed either way.  I had high bp as a kid and only got worse as an adult.  At one point I was 220/160 and I was a size 7.  Since that point I've been medicated and was told I would never not be on high blood pressure meds.  I'm actually on 1 and 1/2 since I started running last year it started dropping so we had to cut back.  Lately its dropping again so I might just be down to 1 pill.  Anyway... I told my Dr about eating paleo and he was intrigued I explained to him how I've been eating more red meat and whole eggs than I've eaten in my whole life.  That was actually making me a lil uneasy, and even my boyfriend was getting concerned, and this was my reason for all the bloodwork.  But... all my sugars, cholesterol, and vitamins were great... imagine that all from eating non processed foods and more fat than ever!   We grew up with chicken and turkey everything since my moms heart attack.  No wonder she cant cook.  My dr said keep it up ...whatever your doing is working well for you.  YES!!! So now I plan on turning into a carnivore lol.  Somehow i ended up with another prescription.  I'm trying out singular, since my allergies have been the worst and I weeze and cough alot after a tough WOD.

I went to crossfit, saw Dr nelson and found out my legs and butt were a lil beat up from the race on Sunday.  So I thought I would take it easy with todays WOD.  We did a lift that Ive never done before and I loved it.  Barbell lunges!  I hope we do them more... I would like to be more stable but i did like them.  

5/2/13 WOD

STRENGTH

-barbell lunges

METCON

-Elizabeth- 21-15-9 sets of

--squat cleans @75lbs
--ring dips

CROSSFIT ASPIRE.. before sweat

finished in 8:57

On to my game tonight... we were playing the only team this year that puts up a good fight, and boy do they want to beat us.  Its soo bad they get all hostile with us... really... you don't win anything or lose anything its all fun.. but its more fun to be on the team who wins 21-12 hahaha lol.  That was rotten I know but as nasty as they are it makes the win that much sweeter.  I had some good hits tonight some plays in the field (couldve been better but not awful) and my first HOMERUN of the season.  I almost hit one in the 3rd inning but then to hit one with 2 girls on base in the last inning was sweet.  The best part was how my girls came off the bench and went nuts at the plate with me.  I love my blue girls.  Now here I sit finishing up a beer ...in bed lol.  I'm going to get in another wonderful practice tomorrow after work with my coed team.... they're crazy fun.  Its a big prom day in the shop tomorrow too its gonna be a great day!
soo

Run forest run!

After a wonderful practice with all my buds Friday night (just what I needed) I knew all I had to do was rest.  I had to open the shop early for one of my lil girlies... her communion was a big deal and it meant alot to her to be the only one there lol.

I had a cray day Saturday running around the salon non stop.  It was an emotional day for me, as you all know I care very deeply for each and every person who sits in my chair and it just seemed like most of them were going through some really tough things.  Illness, death, life surprises, job loss, and dealing with a lot of heavy stuff.  When I hear these awful things it breaks my heart, I just try to listen and not cry with them but I always do.  Its tough when I want to help them soo badly and theres usually nothing I can do.  I love my clients and most of them (99%) I'm closer with than my own family ...even if I only see them every 6-8 weeks.  This is why I love my job.  Saturday definitely was a day of bad news pretty much on the hour.  It definitely keeps me in check when it comes to being grateful for the things in my life.

Later I found out that our Saturday night plans had been cancelled so I decided to go to my buddys bonfire.  I wasn't planning on staying very long considering I had to run a 5 miler the next morning.  It was actually nice to sit in front of the fire and hang out.  My Robbie, being very considerate, decided to call it an early night and we were that lame couple that left before 11pm.


So let me tell you about Me and running.  I'm realizing now that its a love/hate relationship.  I definitely grew to love it last year... until I started getting faster, running more frequently, and longer distances.  Then I got terrible shin splints that wouldn't go away and eventually turned into a stress fracture.  That was when I joined crossfit.  I wanted to get stronger in the legs and lungs to run for days.  It just so happens that I ended up loving crossfit soo much that I don't want to run and I hate the days we have to run with our WOD.  After realizing that I need more cardio in my life I decided to sign myself up for some races this year.  I figured oh... I have plenty of time to start running again and train for this first big 5 miler of the season.  Did I run? No. Did I realize I was going to hate this first run? Absolutely.  So I wasn't really looking forward to it.  Back in November I did a 10k(6.2 miles) and I thought I was going to die and definitely swore I would never do it again.  So I set myself up for this one.  I got a few friends to run with me today.  It was a beautiful day, despite my friggin allergies.  Sunny but still a nice breeze.  We got there at 830am, it started at 9 and we were off.  I was hoping to do all 5 miles within an hour.  That would put me at a decent pace kinda where I was when I stopped running.  I got down to 9-10 min/mile last summer but I was at the 11min/mile for a long time.  We ran the vineyards through the Heritage Winery, there were some big hills and lots of dirt.  I felt good coming up to the finish line and I even caught up to my friend Rachel.  Later I found out that she ran the whole 5 miles without stopping!!!  I stopped a total of 10 times for breathers, shoe laces, and cramping.  I truly haven't ran more than quarter mile runs with my WODs at crossfit so I really had no idea how I was going to do.  I used the mapmyrun app to track myself, especially because I love when it tells me what mile I'm on and my pace.. its very motivating.  I ended up with a time of 58:20!!!  WOOHOO!!! After I caught my breath and found some water, I realized it wasn't bad at all.  It was actually great and went smooth, I think I just cant run in the cold weather.  This day was perfect for a run.  Then came the wine tasting!! We tried a few and I ended up getting a sweet one to make sangria with.

After a nice hot shower and some lunch I was off to my softball games.  There was 3 of us who ran the race and were playing a double header lol.  We can hang though and we proved it this morning.  Its funny we were signed up for the race long before our schedule came out, and our run fell on the only double header on the schedule.  Our games were lousy and we had a few bad calls.  The one team we found out plays in a more professional league on week nights... they were ridiculous.  So after another shower I broke out a few Strongbows and went over to Robs parents house for dinner.  They always cook good food.  I did whatever it took to keep my eyes open while eating ...I had very little sleep these last few days and long week full of strenuous activities.  As I lie in bed now I had to get Rob to put icyhot patches on my back and I can feel my legs, hips, calves, and achilles getting tight.  He suggested a rest day tomorrow but I enjoy going soo much I feel like my body would get stretched more if I WOD.   I guess we'll see what kind of shape I'm in tomorrow.

WOD LOVIN'

This week was a first of being able to go 4 days straight to crossfit and perform to my standards (which are high lol) especially with my lifting.  3 PRs in 4 days and still not sore... I'm not understanding whats going on with me but I'm not complaining.  I don't know if I'm alone on this one but to see my name at the top of the leaderboard makes me feel like my efforts and patience is paying off.  I think the best part of my week (at crossfit) was being able to drop down to the orange and red bands for pull ups.  That's putting me soo much closer to my 2013 goal of doing unassisted pull ups.  I also was ear to ear smiling when I did my 3x3 deadlift at 275lbs.  I love deadlifting.

4/23/13 WOD

Strength

-back squat 1x6 @ 205lbs

Metcon
-15 front squats
-400m run
-15 push press
-400m run
-15 thrusters
-400m run
-15 push press
-400m run
-15 front squats
all lifts at 65lbs

4/24/13 WOD

STRENGTH

-clean and jerk x2 @ 125bs

METCON

sets of 10,9,8,7,6....2,1

-dumbell clean and jerks 

-50m sprint

-45lb goblet squat

-50m sprint

finished in 9:20

4/25/13 WOD

STRENGTH

-deadlift 3x3 @275lbs

METCON

5 rounds of

-5 deadlifts @175lbs

-10 burpees

finished in 6:26

Working this week was amazing because everyone couldn't stop telling stories and laughing about our epic night at the Phillies game.  I love putting together everyones bits and pieces of a hysterical night.  I'm pretty sure we're going to plan another and hopefully soon.   This weekend our store is crazy I'm actually going in 2 hours early on Sat and couldn't be happier to do it... as long as I have my precious coffee.  

Tonight I played softball with my blue girls... omg it was soo funny.  We kind of played a team who wasn't too good... so we crushed them and laughed at each other the whole game. Sometimes we have soo much fun its as if we are the only team there.  

I'm thrilled to practice tomorrow with my coed team since I didn't go to last weeks game.  We are planning on beers as well.  I have a double header with them on sunday but me and some friends are running in a 5 mile run.  Its a vineyard run so it should be fun and the weather is looking to be beautiful... and it comes with a wine tasting yes!!!  My girls and I have to be careful tho since we are playing later... maybe we will play better lol.  I think ill want to take a nap but I doubt that's going to happen.  I'm glad my friend Rachel from crossfit is also running with us! Its a good crew and who knows how I'm going to run... i haven't ran more than quarter miles at a time since last summer.  I'm prob going to just drag myself through.  

Oh yeah I have  a special shout out to the Birthday Girl Melissa!! Cant wait to celebrate this weekend!

We brought Gorgeous to the Park

As a group... who ever was sitting by the front desk... we decided to go to a Phillies game.  Before we knew it our group got bigger and bigger.  The amount of people is still unknown but I would guess over 30.   Last night we brought the party to the parking lot a few hours before the game started. We had food, games and of course BEER.  I definitly put back a few Summer Shandys... not very paleo but whatever it was soooo good.  It was hysterical, all of us in our phils gear and our cars packed with snacks.  I'm not sure if Ive ever mentioned (lol) how much I love and enjoy my gals from work.  Its been the best year of my career and its only because I got placed into a salon full of amazing people.  They're soo talented, appreciative, and I adore each one of them for soo many more reasons.  One of the best parts is being part of a great management team... we group message each other daily with important work info and it always turns into a 50 msg long thread with pics icons and pics included.  This night was meant to be epic, and it was.  After playing some flip cup, taking great pics, and sharing some ridiculous laughter,  it got darker and the police let us know it was time to go in.

It was the 3rd inning when we started realizing we were missing alot of people.  I sent out a text to whoever we didn't see only to find out some of our crew didn't make it in lol... that cracked me up.  The game was close and it was frigid.  After hanging with the crew I couldn't take the cold anymore so a few of us decided to go acrossed the street to xfinity(my fav)!  Hanging with some more people who never came in was great too.  Out of no where my wrist was killing me... like hurt to put pressure on.   Wtf I have no idea what I did to be in this kind of pain.  I can barely put pressure on it!  The only thing I did that was semi active was hop down a row of seats... but I did it carefully and didn't fall or anything.  I hate mystery ailments.

I woke up today feeling good (besides the wrist) and ready to crossfit.  When I looked up the WOD I was curious to see if I was able to perform with my bum wrist.  I was soo excited to see the FILTHY FIFTY!!!  I was just telling my friend that I loved this and wanted to do it again!  The only concern I had was the burpees.  My friend Liz was there to hook me up with a professional wrist tape job and I swear I didn't have any pain.  I was pumped to do this again since I loved it back in January.  The only thing I was pissed about was the double unders... they haven't been working for me lately.  I decided it would be better to just do singles instead... but now im soo pissed I did since I made good time and it was the only thing that kept me from the RX.  I knocked 4 whole min off my time from January!!!!  I was soo thrilled but now that the new wodify tracker has the RX first and then the others I'm seeing that my score almost doesn't count because I'm not doing it as its prescribed.  Theres just some things like a friggin jump rope that kept me from having the 3rd fastest time of the day.  Its disappointing yet very motivating to have this new system give me a reality check.  I like it.  Also I think I got one of the best compliments ever today from my friend Ali.  She says right before we start.. you're going to push me harder.  I didn't understand what she meant considering we are on our own once you hear that 3,2,1 go! I then realized that we are neck and neck for alot of the WODs and she wanted to try and beat me... which in crossfit is a compliment.  She doesn't realize though that I look up to her and her amazing abilities... I wish I could kill WODs RX like her!

4/22/13 WOD
FILTHY FIFTY
-50 box jumps
-50 jumping pull-ups
-50 kettlebell swings
-50 walking lunges
-50 knees to elbow
-50 push press 35lb
-50 back extension 35lb
-50 wall ball
-50 burpees
-50 double unders (150 singles)
finished in 23:16

I loved this WOD and wish we could do it more.  Working after was just very relaxing.  I usually get a lil tired after a tough WOD but I was just feeling good.  With a short night full of awesome clients it went fast and the sun was still out when we left ......yes!!!  Its been a great day and an even better weekend.  Here's to a great week with hopefully no reason to watch CNN.

REST? who needs rest!

I started this week feeling kind of sore still from Festivus last Saturday, so I said... I'll take it easy... yea ok.  The wod monday was intense and long but I loved it.  We did bench pressing for strength and Tabata this! for our conditioning.  I know have a full understanding of what Tabata means... and I loved it.  I did what I could because my body was tired but I felt great about this WOD... and I was dripping in sweat so I know I got a good one in.

4/15/13 WOD
Strength
-Bench Press 3x6 @95lbs
Metcon
Tabata Sets of
-Rowing for calories
-Pull-ups
-Push-ups
-squats
-sit-ups

After my WOD I was feeling a lil lightheaded... I'm not sure if my allergies are just that bad and when I cant catch my breath I feel like my ears get all stuffed lol.  Either way I don't think light eating before working out is working for me.  Which sucks because I'm one of those people who cant eat right after waking up.  I had a protein shake and some eggs and felt much better.

Tuesday I was planning on getting up and hitting up Aspire but I ended up being soo tight in my shoulders/trap/neck that there was no way I could do cleans which I think was part of the WOD.  I guess I SHOULD rest... lol.  I know I have to do it to get strength but I HATE rest days... am I psychotic?  Am I crazy because I love going there and doing something good for myself while surrounding myself with awesome people?  NO.  Like I said before... its good for the soul.. I don't think you can walk out of there without feeling good.  On a side note... I found a pic from the photographer from the Festivus Games and its hysterical but I have to say im thrilled to see I make a face like im trying... any of the other pics im in while training usually just look like me trying to catch my breath lol.

Wednesday I already had my dri-fit clothes laid out to get up and go for the 730am class.  I HATE waking up early if I don't have to but I love that feeling when I'm done busting my ass for the day by 830am.  Sometimes I think I'm just as addicted to the post-workout feeling.  After that I ran to wegmans got some grass fed beef and got stuff for dinner later.  Ive been sticking to a mostly paleo diet which its been a lil easier to stray this week since I'm not training for a particular reason.  Im thrilled that ive been losing weight still.  But to be honest I hate the way I feel after I eat shitty... it hurts my stomach and I feel like shit.

4/17/13 WOD
Strength
-Back Squat x4 @235lbs
Metcon
4 rounds
-10 back squats @95lbs
-15 burpees
-400m row

Today I woke up and went to the 9am class... and I woke up early enough to eat something real before my WOD.  I'm not a fan of shoulder presses since I cant get a PR for months now.  I couldn't even get more than 80lbs up when I normally strict press 85 wtf.  Either way I wasn't sweating it... Alycia explained to me that I'm at a point now where I'm not always going to get a PR every time.  Sometimes I need people to put things in to perspective for me... shes absolutely right and realized I cant beat myself up for not lifting more weight than the last time.  However I am looking to build some arm strength in areas we don't really focus on.  So this is where Rob comes in.. although he doesn't really know good form lol.

4/18/13 WOD
Strength
-shoulder(strict) press
Metcon
sets of 21-15-9
-push press @55lbs
-pull-ups
-box jumps
finished in 9:35

I felt good after I finally caught my breath.  I wasn't lightheaded or feeling weird.  In fact I felt like hitting DSW for some new spring shoes for work since I put the boots away.  I did find a cute pair of strappy flats by some ortho company which is fab for my kind of job.  After that I went over to pick up my bud Melissa because its been 4 weeks since she broke her ankle and we had an appt at the orthopedic.  She got great news and is healing fast.  She also decided to try and drop the crutches for a lil bit and was hobbling around well.  Today was finally my day to get my 2 inches of roots touched up by my bud Ashley.  I pretty much tortured this poor girl for 2 hours while she did the tedious job of color my hair.  My color is fresh and bright and I'll like it much better in 2 weeks when I get a lil root ...I'm soo weird ...i want to be blonde but it doesnt look great with my skin and black eyebrows so I feel like a lil root makes me look better.... I'm nuts.

We had another great softball game tonight with the blue team winning 11-3... I just love these girls.  I swear sometimes all we do is break each others balls to the point where I almost forget about the other team.   There was some funny errors nothing too bad, and we were all hitting even if the women was pitching illegally all night.  Our new ump had a humongous strike zone...like up at the shoulders in slow pitch is not a strike but he called it.  Either way it was fun because I play on the best team and I swear when we aren't in season I miss these women soo much!

Sooo I got my clothes ready to WOD after work tomorrow, I apparently don't feel like resting at all this week but I feel good so why not.  I love seeing the pm crossfiters its nice to catch up with them and kill WODs.  I'm looking forward to curling my hair and seeing my fresh color done right.  All the girls from work (30 of us) and husbands are going to the 8pm phils game Sunday night and planning an day of tailgating with all the works.  I'm not sure yet but since my coed softball game is later in the day I'm prob going to skip it... as long as they don't need me and last week they didn't so we'll see.

Competition Recap...

Soo I had my big competition yesturday and I really was soo nervous I actually peed 7 times in the first hour I was there!!! Thats cray!  Anyway enought about bodily functions it was great as soon as I got there I found my crew got my heat assignments and we discussed who was going when so we could be there for them when they throw down.  I had the 21-15-9 round wod first which kind of fatigued me for the day.  I just tell you that they pulled the trash can over to my area because I was definitly ready to barf.  Seriously I could barely walk, talk or breathe.  I was a lil worried because I the lift wod next within the hour and there was no way I could recover fully from that.  My buddy Ron got me a vitacoco which I mixed my new sweet potatoe protein with once I got that down I felt better but I was upset because while I was lifting my girl Brooke was doing the 21-15-9 rounds of torture and I couldnt be there to cheer for her.


On to my next wod ...Im soo dissapointed with myself and theres nothing anyone can say... I know i still had one of the heavy lifts of the day but I couldve really killed it.  Any normal day I can do it and it couldve been a mix of nerves, and fatigue but I couldnt get anymore than 125 up 3x for a clean and jerk.  Ive done 140 so my goal was to PR at 155 but it just wasnt happening.  Btw my sternum is the most bruised its ever been.. it acutally hurt to lay down.  I know alot of people think we are nuts for wanting to participate in this sport but if you ever came out and just saw a normal class or the espn crossfit games.... you would get it.  Its amazing, the people ive become friends with from my crossfit box.  Theyre amazing and yes we may be a cult but when I explain it to other people, I now tell them its more like a club where we do intense crazy workouts and hang out and laugh in that hour when we eventually catch our breaths.  Some of these people have helped me do things they dont even know they did because theyre just amazing people.  For instance... I was soo nervous about this competition  that I talked about it for weeks,  can I tell you the only people who came out to watch and cheer me on were my friends from my box.  Not my friends or family... my cult came to support me.  Even my bud Melissa who is on crutches and cant drive got her ass over to Philly to be there for us.

Let me tell you.. they came and came strong, the extra pointers and screams when you feel like you cant run another 10 meters will push you further than your lungs can even handle.  Even at one point when I thought I would sneak away to finish my last event (which I wasnt thrilled to do) without anyone watching so they wouldnt see me fail miserably... when I looked and they were all there.  I was even handed a beer as soon as I finished YAY, and I was told they were surprised because I looked like I ran out of steam but got another 2 rounds in.  I was out of steam but its because of them screaming for me that I did get 2 more rounds.   I love them for this and thats another reason why I love this cult/club/gym whatever you want to call it, crossfit is great for the body and the soul.

I woke up today sooo sore... I wasnt expecting that since I didnt feel like my results were good.  Now I know I gave it everything I had because my body was ailing.  My quads, arms, shoulders, traps, and even the sides of my neck were sore... but the good sore like I pushed myself as hard as I could and gave it my all.  I almost needed this because now Im not so dissapointed knowing I can barely do the clean shrug today I def gave it everything I had.  I was just burnt out at that point.  Now trying to figure out how to get around that for the next competition.  I cannot wait to compete again.. it was soo much fun... but I truly think it was more fun screaming and cheering for my friends!!  Oh yeah did I mention we went out for food after and had delishous BBQ on south street!  What a fab day!

Rob and I ran some errands, had brunch (steak and eggs!) and, cleaned the house.  I was waiting around all day for my 545pm softball game which I was excited for since it was my first game with the coed team.  I stretched and foam rolled as best as possible and felt ready to kick ass.  We ended up having a few extra people so we rotated.  The game sucked... we lost... whatever.  Afterwards I was thinking about it and I got pissed.  I waited all day to play and only played a few innings, never even got my hands on the ball and only got to hit 3 times.  That sucks I play because I like to play not because I like to wait all day to play and cheer from the bench... I like to share and rotate I believe everyone should have a chance to play but I wasnt happy about it last night.. I might as well have stayed home and rested my shoulders.  I dont care if we lost or won, I just like to play.

After I got home and ready for bed my shoulders were shot... pretty much couldnt lift my arms up past my head lol.  I now am understanding that I did the best I could and left it all at the festivus games.  I look forward to killing it next year.  I just hope I can WOD tomorrow lol.