Daily Archives: October 26, 2011

The time has come

Instead of listening to NPR on the way to work Tuesday morning, I blasted my absolute favorite song. It’s my go-to tune — the one I play on my way to the gym when I want to get pumped up.

Us v. Them by LCD Soundsystem starts with this line: “the time has come.” It sets the tone for me. I love it. I was blasting it Tuesday because I was already jazzed about checking off yet another goal — I finished a particular benchmark WOD in under 15 minutes RX.

“CC Flyers”
3 rounds
400m run
21 Box jumps
10 Overhead squats (M 95# / W65#)

Three months ago, the cutoff was 15 minutes, and I did not finish. I decided I would the next time around. This time, they didn’t cut us off at 15 minutes, but it doesn’t matter.

Time: 14:04 RX

It felt absolutely amazing to reach another goal, especially after struggling this summer and fall. I really feel like I’m hitting my stride again. The changes I’ve made and hard work are making a difference.

The goal was incremental, but it was a rung on the ladder toward my goal to be strong.

Time to set some new goals for my ladder.

We’re ‘special’

Zach calls us his “special” class.

That’s his tactful way of saying we (the noon Olympic Lifting class) need a lot of work. Last week, I felt like I caused Zach much consternation and exasperation. I don’t like disappointment myself or my coach, so I try REALLY hard.

Do I mess up? You bet. Sometimes I forget. Like on Monday when we did snatch balance and I put my hands in the press position. Zach walked up behind me and quietly said,” sweetheart, we’re doing snatch balance. Is that where you put your hands for the snatch?”

Oh yeah. Duh.

The amazing Carey Kepler was in my class on Monday, and it was really cool to have someone I really admire working hard on the platform next to me, learning at the same time.

We all have things we need to work on. I guess Carey wants to improve her lifting, too. It’s a fantastic reminder to me that we should never stop pushing ourselves — never stop learning.

I am happy that — even though he calls us his “special” class — Zach did say we were much improved Monday. It’s a lot of work in a short amount of time. And I’m always learning.

Front squats 70%x5, 75%x4, 85% 4×4 → 80/85/100
Power Snatch off blocks 4×4 → 35/35/35/55
Snatch Balance 5×4 → 35/35/35/45
Good Mornings 5×3 → 65/65/75

It’s started out to be a lovely Saturday

I was derailed over the weekend.

Saturday started out so beautifully. I woke up refreshed, got in a workout, got my hair cut, visited the Farmer’s Market,and finally headed to Luke’s school fall festival.

Andy, Luke, Cindy and Mads pose for a family photo

See how happy we look?

But…. duh, duh, duh, duuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh. (Imagine dark music here.)

The stomash virus that attacked Luke, Andy and the babysitter struck me. AND HARD. Actually, I wasn’t feeling very well in this photo. We left pretty quickly after we took it.

The ride home was not fun. The rest of the afternoon, evening and night was pretty awful.

The good thing about it was that it was short. I was feeling a ton better Sunday morning, and much more like myself Sunday night. But it also completely threw me off. Nothing got done. Work piled up, And I feel like I’m still trying to catch up.

I feel like I’m showing my age. I remember being young and bouncing back quickly from a sickness.  Any sickness. Now — at age 29+ ;) — it takes a lot longer to feel well again.

I can’t imagine how I would feel if I weren’t eating clean and regularly exercising.. To be sick on top of being… well, SICK. Dang….

I rested Sunday, so I felt good that I was able to to eek in a workout Saturday morning. It felt good! Baby girl decided to wake up just as I was about to start, but Andy graciously hung out with her until I could finish.

A) 1-DB Push Press 4×4 @ 30# (90 sec rest between sets)
B) 1-DB Clean from floor 4×4 @ 30# (90 sec rest between sets)
C) 4 sets: 2-DB step-ups (6 each leg @ 25#) / 8 RDL @ 25# (60 sec rest between sets)
D) 4 sets: 5 ring rows / 10 dips (60 sec rest between sets)
Finisher: 3x farmer carry → 1 min / 1:30 / 2 min w/ 25 # DBs