Sharing My Life One Bite at a Time
Hi, friends! How was your weekend? Mine was great! I spent Saturday and Sunday watching CrossFit athletes compete at Regionals for a chance to participate in the Games this summer. The top three finishers at Regionals—individual men, individual women, and teams—advanced to the Games. I wasn’t really in blogger mode this weekend—I just enjoyed my [...]
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Check out the news that arrived in my inbox last Friday afternoon! I passed the CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course! Hooray!! Next step: Talk to the owners of my CrossFit box about coaching. Now that I’m a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, let me tell you about the course. They Level 1 Trainer Course was held [...]
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Good morning! Workout Last night’s WOD was a good one! It was actually two 8-minute WODs back-to-back with a short rest in between. I love workouts that are a little different. Constantly varied, baby! METCON AMRAP 8: 2 Rope Climbs 12 Wallballs -Rest 5 minutes- AMRAP 8: 10 Sumo Deadlift High Pull 10 Hollow Rocks [...]
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Two of my favorite “activities” in life are CrossFit and drinking. Haha! Hey, I work hard and play hard! I especially love doing these things together as seen here, here, and here. So when Smirnoff reached out to me about hosting a “Ladies’ Night (Work) Out,” which would include a workout followed by a sampling [...]
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Phew. I’m glad the 2013 CrossFit Open is officially over. It was a ton of fun, and I really enjoyed myself, but I’m ready to get back to my regular workouts. I feel like I haven’t been to a CrossFit class in ages! Last Friday afternoon, Kerrie and I made plans to do 13.5 together: [...]
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I survived my colonoscopy with flying colors! Hooray! Seriously, it was a piece of cake. The prep and (especially) not eating were definitely the hardest parts. The actual procedure was over and done with before I knew it. Piece of cake. My doctor talked to me briefly after the colonoscopy and, good news, he said he only [...]
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Hello, hello! Yesterday morning started my favorite way—with fresh, green juice! In the mix: spinach, kale, apple, lemon, celery, cucumber, and ginger. Breakfast I hung out and drank my juice with Mal while he ate breakfast and got ready for school. A little while later, I started to get hungry, so I made myself some [...]
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Woohoo! I met my goal and survived Open WOD 13.4! As I mentioned in my previous post, 95 pounds (the prescribed weight for this workout) for clean and jerk was pretty close to my 1RM, so my goal for 13.4 was to make it through the set of 12 clean and jerks and toes-to-bar. I thought 60 [...]
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Good morning, friends! Here are some words of wisdom from Bill Nye (the Science Guy) to start your Friday off on the right foot: Don’t you love that? We have so much to learn from each other. Workout Last night, I went to CrossFit to prepare for Open WOD 13.4, which is a short 7-minute workout [...]
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Hello, hello! Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a lovely weekend. Let’s get right to it and recap yesterday! Workout My Sunday started with a wonderful 4-mile run with a bunch of ladies from Kerrie’s bootcamp. She recently started an informal running club on Sunday mornings, so she invited the folks from our CrossFit box [...]
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