Weekly Update

I can’t believe how quick the week has gone by!  On Monday Helen and I met Richard for lunch then went shopping downtown, Tuesday was a spa day at the Ritz, Wednesday we did some volunteer work for the Crisis Centre and did a dinner tour at Camana Bay.  It ended up being more of a drinking tour than a food tour…

14.4 workout

The Crossfit Games is still going on and we have one more working this week.  Last weeks workout was the following:

14 minute AMRAP:
60-calorie row 50 toes-to-bars40 wall-ball shots, 20 / 14 lb.30 cleans, 135 / 95 lb.20 muscle-ups


I tried it on Friday and got 114 points, so I finished the row, toes-to-bar and got 4 wall-ball shots.  I was really tired when I finished but I wasn’t quite happy with my score so on Monday Nathan and I talked about some strategies and I tried the workout again.  I am so glad I did as I got 150 points and had a chance to do one clean (but I just had nothing left in me).  In this workout I actually finished 16th in the gym- my best finish!  

Let’s hope this weeks workout goes as well!  

A tough workout!

This morning the workout was tough and I didn’t want to go, but I went and I am glad I did.  It took me 25 minutes and I was the last to finish… but I finished!  It was a workout called Ryan.  He was a Missouri firefighter who was 22 years old when he stepped off the truck and was killed by a sniper in 2008.

The workout consists of 5 rounds of 7 Muscle Up (Which I cannot do) and 21 burpees.  Each burpee is finished when you jump 1 foot above your maximum reach.  Because I can’t do a muscle up yet… I did 15 pull ups.

Bollywood

Last night was the Crisis Centre Bollywood event and it was great!

I did go in and get some henna tattoos on my hands before the event, not really understanding what it involved!  It only took about 15-20 minutes, but then it had to dry for about 2 hours!  Both hands looked like the photo below, which made it impossible to do anything… so I had to call Richard (which was a challenge) and have him come and get me, then he had to help me in the car and put my seat belt on.  Then 2 hours later I had to peal off the top layer of this.  I also thought it would me much lighter- so my hands and arms are going to look like this for the next 2 weeks!

We came home and I did have to go over and get my neighbor to dress me for the event, but I think we looked pretty good!  
The food was great (but not anywhere near as good as it was in India) and they had a great dance number.   
We also bought some raffle tickets and won twice!  A basket from a wine shop and a dinner for two! 
Overall a great night!  

Birthday Post

Just to let you know I was born at 8:11am CST time 38 years ago.  I woke up this morning at 3:30 am- don’t ask why I couldn’t sleep, but had a wonderful surprise with birthday gifts on the counter.  I got lots of good stuff, but I thought the book from Richard might be a hint about Yabbey (maybe that is why I couldn’t sleep).

After breakfast I headed out to golf with some friends- now I haven’t played in almost a year…  but it turned out pretty well I have to say.  It was great to spend the morning with some girl friends, however a bit sad as Jo will be leaving us next week.  
After golf I headed to meet Regina for tea then took a walk. 
Not a bad birthday I have to say so far…  

CrossFit Open

As most of you know I entered the CrossFit open this year for the first time.  It is a worldwide competition to decide who will move onto the actual CrossFit Games.  Now I am not close to qualifying (actually just working to not be in last place)…. but I was talked into giving it a go just to see where I was at.

After they announced the first workout I thought I was done before it started- it was 30 double unders (a jump rope where the rope must go around twice every jump) and then 10 55 lb snatches.  The first major issue was that I have not ever done more than one or two double unders…  so I didn’t think I would get close to attempting the 10 snatches.  I really surprised myself and in 10 minutes I completed 45 double unders and 10 snatches.  I was actually proud of my score and glad it pushed me to work on something I haven’t been able to do before.
When they announced the next work out I once again thought… no chance.  It was 10 overhead squats with 65 lb and then 10 chest to bar pull ups.  Now I had not lifted 65lb in an overhead squat ever and done one chest to bar pull up.  Once again I was encouraged to just try.  I did all the overhead squats and 2 pull ups- for a total score of 12 (the leaders score was close to 200).
I may be at the bottom of the leaderboard, but it has taught me that I can do so much more than I ever thought I was capable of doing.  This week when the workout is announced I will not think… I have no chance to do it, but go into it with a positive attitude that I will try my best and see what I can do.