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.

Busy week

Hey y'all sorry I haven't posted in a week but its been a crazy week. It started with a fab wedding where two amazing people became husband and wife and started their new lives together off right... With a DJ great food and alcohol!! I enjoyed myself soo much that I decided to drink wine for the night but later when the wedding was over I painted my bathroom with it lol. Apparently you can't drink red wine like its beer. I ended up being greatful that I took off Monday since I broke blood vessels in my eyes and broke all the lil capillaries around my eyes... Needless to say I looked like the living dead lol. So since I passed out mid day and just couldn't get my act together I never went to crossfit because I don't think I would've been able to hang without barfing.


Tues morning I just couldn't get my exhausted self out of bed to get there early enough to WOD before work. My body said sleep and I listened.

Wednesday I forced myself out of bed early only to find out it was sunny and hot at 630am. That makes getting up and out soo much easier. I needed to got because I'm a slug and haven't been there for a week with a competition on sat. Ughhh soo frustrated I really needed to be there this week but friggin hangovers ruin everything.  Anyway... I got to WOD and I was the only one who showed up at my class lol.  I was pumped because we got a Hex Bar and I got to do deadlifts with them for the first time!  Apparently I did well and didnt notice since my Robbie pointed out to me later that night that I had the all time highest at 275... I really need to start paying attention.  I actually took it easy I didnt want my hands to tear or push myself too hard because of Saturday.  Running was in the WOD and it felt good to get out there in the sun... I HAVE to start running again.  Im such a moron, I signed up for a 5 miler in 2 weeks lol... I havent ran since the fall lol.  I should be ok tho my body can handle it... its the lungs. After crossfit I went to work an earlier schedule because I had Phils tix.  I love these seats.. we had someone hit a homerun right near us in our row.  It was a great game and we won!

Thursday I decided to WOD since I was seeing the magical Dr Nelson.  I played around with what the class was doing but I didnt do the metcon I rowed and ran instead.  I truly hate not participating with the class.. but they all agreed it wasnt a good idea with the competition 2 days away.  Speaking of that I started getting nervous/anxious/excited!  After that I ran some errands and picked up some snacks for sat.  My bud Alycia told me its important to eat in between events, all this prepping really got me nervous.  I dont know why but im soo nervous.  Thank god I had my first softball game with my womens league... i swear i love them gals soo much that I havent seen them since summer and its like we picked up where we left off.  I really love them soo much theyre all hysterical and amazing people... oh yeah and they kick ass at playing ball too!  I had a great hit when we were down 2 in the last inning it was a double... and my bud up after me brought me in because im an asshole on the bases and cocky ass it sounds im fast and i slide good... so i take the chance if its possible and last night it was.  It was totally worth all the skin on my leg but I beat the tag by a second.  Then my girl scored and it was a walk-off win! It was a great game but the other team is always soo serious I almost pity them for acting soo dumb... its supposed to be fun.  I guess thats why my team always wins... we act like jackasses.  We celebrated with beers like normal and then I ran home to eat the grassfed beef burgers I picked up earlier ...yumm!  They were soo good even if Rob burnt the shit out of them.  After dinner I started thinking about Sat again and started freaking out so I just went to bed.

So today all I was thinking about was getting through my day with the girls at HG.  They always make me laugh so I didnt think too much about the competition... ya right lol.  I had a more quiet day too so I atleast got to eat and rest my feet some but jeez its all im thinking about.  My bud Melissa needed a cut and has a broken ankle so offered to pick her up and cut her hair and of course shes such a WODrat... (i think i just made that up, and want to put it on a tee) so I picked her up at our crossfit.  It was good to see my coaches tonight for some pointers ...they helped me get a game plan so I dont waste time and effort tomorrow.  Thank god they made me feel soo much better.  Now im just laying down and relaxing ...outfit layed out for tomorrow down to the socks and headband ...snacks packed and my necessities.  So now all I need to do is SLEEP... UGHHHH .....did u ever feel like your going to throw up and shit yourself at the same time lol... thats going to be me tomorrow lol! wish me luck!!!

Sinus infections suck!

Ok so yesturday I woke up with a bullshit sinus infection and that's how we know its now spring. Thank god for mucinex. I'm coughing and my face and ears are pounding... oh and did I mention I put myself on the book to work a couple hours tonight over a month ago so it's a 6 day work week as well lol. Thank god my day is full of great peeps. I decided since the last open workout(13.5) was announced last night and it was thrusters with chest to bar pull ups I would just get it done today. I can't do pull ups without a band so the only part that would count was the first 15 thrusters. It's better to get it done today instead of rushing from work to just make it for 15 thrusters. They only took me :44 seconds to do and the lovely Liz judged for me. After that I couldn't stop coughing so I just stayed and did the strength for the class which was farmers carrys which I've only done once and it was back in Nov. Although I felt like shit I sill PR'd by 100lbs and I was happy with that lol.  I decided against doing the metcon today since I already had trouble breathing.  I also tried out that gympact app and it successfully logged me in to Aspire, next time I have to remember to login when I get there lol.

4/4/13 WOD
Strength
Farmers Carry 50meters @290lbs
13.5
-15 thrusters in :44

I ended up working 4-8 tonight which was great because I had a night full of great clients. It was sad... I cleaned my station up and took down all my bday decorations.  My day flew by today and I'm sooo ready to crash.  I'm now making myself dinner which I'm eating by myself because I'm refusing to eat delivery from a pizza place.  All i had was grassfed ground beef and eggs soo I decided I'm making scrambled eggs with beef lol... and i made enough for breakfast tomorrow.  I'm sure it will be good I'm so hungry right now I could care less... and I can barely taste anything right now with this sinus infection anyway.  All I really want is a cold beer on my sore throat but that's not such a great idea.  Hopefully all this sinus stuff will be gone and my hands will be healed in time for my friends wedding on Sunday... check back Monday for pics lol!

birthday weekend...

Ok yay Happy Bday to me! So me and some awesome peeps went out for drinks sat after a crazy day in Marlton. I strayed from my paleo for the weekend and had a lil pizza and a lil bit of bar food but its Easter and my bday. My night out with friends was wonderful... Especially because some of my friends from work got to hang with my crew and couldn't believe the awful things we say to each other. We are actually horrible. Either way we closed the bar and went home to bed. Thanks to everyone for coming out!!!!










 Rob mentioned he wanted to go to crossfit in the morning so you know I took advantage of that.  It was Easter and after 5 hours of sleep we got up, got ready and were there by 10am.  It was cool to see some of my buds on a Sunday for open gym and I loved that my Robbie asked me to show him some basic lifting techniques ...omg! My caveman actually asked ME about lifting weights lol!!! This is def a highlight of my life... I know it's sad but he doesn't ask me for anything and he wasn't impressed by anything I was able to lift before but now I think I have his respect. We were only able to stay about an hour since I had softball practice, and it wasn't cold so I was excited for that. My Sunday league is all my old friends and we are much more awful to each other on the field than normal. We practiced about 2 hrs and I was happy with my swing.

3/31/13 WOD
-open gym - worked on lifting form and mobility
-softball 2 hours


I then ran home to get a shower to see my nephew Brody who's absolutely adorable. He had on a bunny outfit omg!! After a lil but we went to Robs moms to see the other lil monster who got a grill from the Easter bunny lol. The poor kid has soo many allergies he can't eat anything so he gets to grill fake burgers and dogs lol. I picked at only a few snacks before dinner because I was starving but I love ham and wanted to save my appetite. I ended up only having ham and corn since I didn't like the rest of the food but I'm picky so that's my own fault. We also had a orange creamsicle birthday cake for me from sweet eats which is AMAZING so I didn't need to gorge myself. I don't know when I'll learn my lesson but the cake actually made me sick lol... I guess from eating no starches or dairy and then POW in the guts! It was worth it lol.

I woke up Monday morning the day of my bday and had my coffee while watching my shows... ahh nothing makes me enjoy the morning more.  My day was planned out like every other Monday,  noon crossfit followed by working the night.  I was always a firm believer in "no one works on their birthday" but I really enjoy work and I had a half day with 3 big colors who I thoroughly enjoy working on and the Monday crew which make it a fun day to work.   The WOD was deadlifts!!! yay!!!
I wanted to PR for my bday so I pushed it and got 255lbs.  It was fun there was soo many people and my buds were there.  We sat on our weights and had as Liz called it BAR TALK lol... shes soo funny. The metcon was intense(20 min AMRAP), me and Ali pretty much did the entire thing together thank god because I forgot about counting lol... shes awesome.  It was amazing when the 20 min was up... she turned off the radio and all you could hear was everyone gasping for air.  No joke I actually felt nauseous, and then realized when it was all over that somewhere along the way I ripped a callous ughhhhh!!! This is going to annoy me all week at work and woding!  I just hope it doesn't interfere with 13.5, which btw I'm still thrilled to be able to make it through... hopefully lol.

4/1/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-deadlift 5 reps @255lbs
METCON
20 Min AMRAP- 11 rounds
-5 deadlifts @125
-5 pull ups
-10 push ups
-15 air squats

When I got to work I came in to find my station was all decorated!!! It was soo sweet! My girls really took care of me.. how did I get soo lucky?  The night went quick and I was spoiled.  I asked Rob to make steaks on the grill for dinner since my stomach still kinda hurt from the night before.  When I came home we ate and his steaks were awesome, then he gave me his presents.  OMG hes a nut, I got a couple great outfits for crossfit, cute vans shoes, and Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses.  I loved the sunglasses but they looked weird on me, so Rob wanted to take them back ASAP.  It was a great birthday!

Today I woke up to WOD and I was pretty sore from yesterday.  I knew I wouldn't be putting up big numbers but I still wanted to go.  Toes to bar was in the metcon so I wrapped up my open callous and tried to swing but it killed me, so Alex told me I was good with sit ups instead.  We did 2 split jerks every min on the min for 10 min, which means we had to clean them up too.  I didn't have it in my shoulders and back to clean more than 115lbs... I tried and got shut down lol.  At one point when I dropped the barbell from above my head it landed on some weights and came back only to wack me in the shin OUCH!  I actually cant believe that has never happened before to be honest but it hurt.  My shins now are all jacked up from the barbell and I'm going into softball season with a head start being all banged up.  The metcon was 4 rounds for time and 10 sets of everything and I felt good about it.

4/2/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-Split Jerksx2 EMOM 10min
METCON
4 rounds in 7:14
-10 push press
-10 14lb medball sit ups
-10 box jumps

I worked all day and when I got done Rob still wanted to go to the mall to take back my sunglasses.  I'm glad we went because I found another pair of Burberry ones that I loved so I got them yay!!!  We went to lady foot looker too because I got a giftcard there and was looking at possibly new sneaks.  Not for crossfit, not for running, not for the gym or working out... just nice bad ass sneaks.  I got nothing.  I even tried the other footlocker and they had nothing.  Maybe ill just order something online.  Anyway we went to Ruby Tuesday while we were there for dinner because they have good food choices.  I got grilled chicken with spaghetti squash and salad bar.... I actually never even ate my dinner since I ate a spinach salad and was full.  That's different... I guess I'm starting to fill up easy, but I swear before I eat I feel like I could eat a whole cow.  Here's something to check out... I downloaded an app for my phone called Gympact.  I'm not sure how it works yet but its hooked up to paypal and I bet $5 a workout that I will workout at least 3 times a week.  If I go all 3 times... I get paid by the other people who put money in and didn't go.  I guess its like a pool but an app.  Seems easy enough since I'm going at least 4-5 times a week anyway I might as well get paid for it... but we shall see.