Valley Crossfit and Sweet Assassin= BFFs

With a clock running for 20 minutes:

Run 800, then
AMRAP-
3 Clean/Jerk (I cleaned only 65#s)
6 Pull ups (with band)
9 Push ups (knees)
At the end of the 20mins, run 800m

Your score is how many round you completed

My score: 5 rounds + 3 cleans

Soooo much to say... First, I loved this workout, even with all the running.  It was pretty crazy class with 24 peeps. We all warmed up collectively in the parking lot; 200m jog, skipping and DROM.

We paired up for the WOD. Janice was by herself with 35# bar and small kettlebell to do high-pulls instead of pull ups. I tried to do 65# clean and Jerk, but I couldn't get the bar over me. It is 2/3 my body weight. So Mike said to just clean the bar cause there were no more bumper plates for me to have my own bar. Mike told me to do a couple cleans to feel it out. I felt a lot of pressure. Now realize, that I just set that PR of 65# for my clean so the weight is somewhat new to me. I thought, I better do this, I don't want to look like a weak sauce in front of Mike :)

Well I did 2 right off, and my confidence shot through the roof and I felt good going into it. The 800m run wasn't bad at all.
During the WOD, after every clean I did I felt even more confident and strong. I felt good. My pull ups were nice, and I felt strong during my push ups.
The second 800m sucked. I hated it.

During the cool down, the first place woman at the CF Regionals walked into the gym and I got kind of excited, like a school girl. I'm such a goober.

I ate well today.

10 oz Chicken breast
4oz. broccoli/cauliflower
1 banana w/ 1Tbls of hazelnut butter

1 tangerine
Garlic Shrimp
5 jumbo purple asparagus

1 large orange

1 Sierre Nevada Torpedo IPA

Tomorrow is sooooo going to be rest day. Except that I look at the WOD and I really want to do it.

I'm fuckin' Crosffit crazy :D




I think Janice is seriously considering taking on Crossfit. I can see her coming up with all the objections... hopefully I've answered them satisfactorily.

I crave the needle, again

I haven't felt this wrecked since maybe my early On-ramp days. I'm soooooo sore. Really.

Annie fucked me up. The ache set into my abs yesterday, that I couldn't walk upright. I woke up this morning thinking that I had endured the worst of it, but I was wrong. I can't even laugh without grimacing. Ahhhh!

Then you take the Thrusters I did Monday and yesterday and you've got a 2 dimensional hurt of the shoulders and and hips. My glutes have dull ache in them as well.

I'm not bitching. I'm not. This groaning and moaning is actually pleasure in knowing I'm "ripping" shit up in my body. Even though I hurt, I still giggle.

My body is telling me to take a rest day, but I'm going to work out with Valley Crossfit this evening with Janice. I'm happy to be by her side and hopefully she will feel what I felt the first day I walked into a box. And I can't help but be excited to meet other passionate crossfitter's at what seems like a "good" box. YOu know what I mean when I say "good." I'm still reminded of my poor experience at CF High Voltage. It's too bad for them... just not good karma.

On top of being sore, I awoke with a tender and bloated belly. Probably all the noodles, rice and beer I ate and drank last night. So I'm back on Paleo-Zone. Chicken, bananas and hazelnut butter for lunch. Yummmmmmeeeee!