This week, I’ve made it to 3 CrossFit workouts and 2 training runs. No wonder I’m sleeping a lot. Membership has been on the rise since the first of year. The rise in popularity can be attributed to several reasons including commercials, Biggest Loser Bob, CrossFit games televised, rise in blogs and magazine articles, …
It’s Friday!!!! It was a BUSY day, but I didn’t have that wishing my life away feeling like earlier in the week with that dreaded state department monitoring…….did I mention how brutal that interview/interrogation was? In case the vague tone of my post failed to adequately get my meaning across, here’s some visual stimulation of …
I got through the day without losing my mind or knocking anybody in the head. It’s a good day. The meeting went as best as it could, I think. We answered the questions and sounded like we knew what we were talking about. Most of the time, we did. A couple of questions were answered …
I’m still running. I’m just not posting much about it. I’m still working through the CrossFit Endurance plan for April, May, and June half marathons. I’m doing one short interval, one long interval, and one tempo/”long” run a week along with regular CrossFit strength workouts. Right now, just getting these done are kicking my tail. …
I bailed this morning. Why? 2 reasons 1) kidney issues. The headache and stomach crankiness from this morning went to turbo drive kidney pain by lunch. I’m currently patchworking old antibiotics (Kids, don’t try this at home.) and the magical orange pills to get me through until I go see the dr. tomorrow. Fun times. …
It was a rough morning at CrossFit. It looks worse than it was. And believe me, I did some epic whining before this one. Who volunteers for 41 lunges and 49 kettlebell swings?? This girl. And even though it was tough, it wasn’t impossible. And I may not have been able to lift my arms …
Staring at a brand new year, I’m feeling anxious to get a clear plan for my running and strength goals this year. Coming down off a great end to 2011 with the marathon, I know I want to get another one next fall. Between now and then, I have several races I hope to complete. …
Gotta love returning to strength training…and running. For more info on CrossFit, see this post. It’s no secret that I’ve been going to CrossFit classes for almost 2 years and I took a brief break after the marathon. I was sore from that and I got sick with sinus/bronchitis the next day and so I …
Week 2 recap of the 6 month Running challenge: Week 2 was rough with all the holiday craziness and nagging sinus infection that seems to have settled in for the entire winter. I got 3 runs and 1 crossfit workout in and only because of this challenge. I have this slight pain still in my …
It’s been a long week, but a great one. The days leading up to Christmas are usually a good mix of hectic and relaxing. Some days fly by and others crawl. Today was a flying day. It started early because I went back to CrossFit. It was my first workout since the marathon and the …
It has been one week since I finished my first marathon and I’m ready to ease back into running. The general rule of thumb is to take 1 day off from HARD RUNNING for every mile in the race. For me, that’s 26 days. Yeah, I can’t not run for 26 days. But I can …
(WARNING…video is about to play. I can’t make this have “play” button but you can go pause it and read my fascinating commentary first) This made me smile. This WOD (Workout of the Day) is a common one for our little gym. We do a LOT of workouts that are AMRAP. (as many reps as …
Common abbreviations, terminology, and shorthand ways of reading and posting workouts WOD: Workout of the Day #: simple sign for pounds (lbs). It’s the “pound” sign on phones and smart phones. AMRAP: As many rounds as possible SDHP: Sumo deadlift high pulls KB: Kettle bells T2B: Toes to Bar K2E: Knees to elbows Squat: just …
I understand the speed limit signs in Canada. The doctor fell asleep during my stress test. I know every PR for every possible distance down to the hundredth of a second, every race I’ve ever run, the finish times….but I have hard time remembering my home phone number and family birthdays. I can say “fartlek” …
The mandatory break from exercise is about to drive me insane. I got my latest CPK numbers to see if the rhabdo is still working its way through my body. I’m only down to 12,000. Yes, I’m glad I haven’t regressed. I just wish I could recover much faster. I’m really tired. All muscles are …
Day 4 and some good news. My CK level dropped from 37,000 to 18,000!!! I’m almost home free. I will get my 2 liters of fluids today then I don’t have to be back until Tuesday!! I can go to work as long as I don’t do any lifting or pulling anything. I get my …
I’m at the doctor now with good news! My CK (creatine kinese) level went from 56,000 down to 37,000. Down is good. He wants me down to a “semi-safe” level of 2,000 before I’m released. The only reason I’m not in the hospital is because I’m a great bargainer. Okay not really, but mainly because …
Days 1 and 2 were not that bad. I hope today is better, though. I had a rough night. my hand is really hurting and the arm started swelling worse than ever. around 2 am, it was throbbing bad and my skin was crackling around my upper bicep. I’m about to head back to dr. …
Here’s what you’re missing. Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle tissue breaks down rapidly. Breakdown products of damaged muscle cells are released into the bloodstream; some of these, such as the protein myoglobin, are harmful to the kidneys and may lead to kidney failure. The severity of the symptoms, which may include …
Run-4 miles P90x-back and legs B.S 134 Pre-run snack-almond butter on half a slice of wheat Post weight-Naked Juice mango protein, half the bottle (one serving size) Now, this is another first for me. Brisket. I’ve never tried this before. I didn’t even know what it was. I did find out that some Texans get …