WODs & Well-Being

October 31, 2011 I am just not even going to talk about the Pats game... Last night, Hubs and I were on our way home from a friends house (where we watched the four quarters of ass kicking that might have resembled a football game to those who live in Steelers nation... anyway...) and we passed through my work town to asses the power situation. It wasnt looking so good when we approached the off ramp where we saw down trees all over the place followed by darkness. Ought oh... The rest of the ride home the same situation, all of the surrounding towns were powerless and black as night off the sides of the highway. As we approached our exit the lights were still on and we will still ok at our house. Oddly enough we had 23" inches of the fluffy white stuff that people seem to enjoy... but never lost power. We got home, did what we had to do and went to bed... I knew I would hear from K in the morning if there was no power at the gym. The alarm went off and I started to get rea...

October 30, 2011 You would think since I grew up in New England that I would love the snow. You would think that since I was made to go outside and "enjoy" the snow as a child that I would love the snow. You would think that since I live pretty damn close to Mt Wachusett and could ski at my leisure all winter long, that I would love the snow. You would think that I would look for ward to a "White Christmas" because thats what we are all taught to love and told we would miss if we moved somewhere that we didnt have it. Yeah... not so much. I can deal with the cold, I can deal with the dry air, I can deal with the ice... I can not stand snow. Not really sure what it is. One of my first vivid memories of sledding I was about 5 years old. Big Brother and I went sledding in Lowell with my mom at Shed Park where everyone went. I get to the top of the hill with her, she helps me into my pink plastic sled and gives me a push... there I go. All excited I hear my mom ye...

October 29, 2011 I certainly was feeling the filthy fifty when I woke up this morning. My hamstrings, quads and back appreciated the 8 hours of sleep I was luck enough to get for the THIRD night in a row! I am getting spoiled with this. Better not get used to it... I know it wont last long! I will however take what I can get when I can get it! Originally I had planned to get up a little later and hit the 9:00 class, things went a little differently last night and I wound up waking up early and getting to the gym for 8:00. I knew I was going to face the "chief" this morning, I saw the workout on Thursdays web posting and knew that was my workout! I love when I see one like that so I know I can attack it on a Saturday with full force! When I got to the gym M was there and ready for me to get going. I worked through the warmup and got myself going. Really using every warmup movement to get stretched out and my sore muscles moving. All of the exercises I did yesterday affec...

October 28, 20111 I have been hearing about the "Filthy Fifty," but I had yet to see the WOD, or actually do the WOD... until today. Last night after dinner Hubs and I looked at the CFW website, and there it was "FILTHY FIFTY." At that moment I decided it was time for bed. It was 8:30pm and I knew by the time I cleaned up dinner, washed up and got in bed it would be close to 9:00 and I wanted to try to get 8 hours in to tackle this bad boy!! It worked, I was in bed with "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" playing... I love Linus... Hes my favorite! Anyway... it was great (hehe). I was asleep by 9:00 which gave me my 7 3/4 hours!! Yay!! I actually woke up at 4:30am wide awake, which was odd for me. I guess thats what two good nights of sleep will do for you! I made myself stay in bed till 4:45 than out of bed and off to CF I went. The "road block" was the wonderful October snow... can you believe this! Thank god for my remote car starter!! ...

October 27, 2011 We all have days that we look at ourselves in the mirror and think "god... I hate my body." I think it would be safe to say that every woman (and man) have things about their physical appearance that they would like to change. I know you've heard (or been) the girl with curly hair saying "I wish my hair was as straight as yours..." only for the staright haird girl to reply "yeah, but my hair wont hold a curl at all, I wish it was curly like yours." People want to be taller, or thinner, or have blue eyes, darker skin... you name it, its just hard for "us" to accept what was given to us. The plus side... there is a reason we are all different. Another plus side (and I said I was a pessimist) is that there are LOTS of things we can control, to an extent, about our physical appearance. Unfortunatly "we" are in a scociety where appearance plays a huge roll, it almost feels like there is pressure to be "thin...

October 26, 2011 Boy, am I thankful for the person who invented the crock pot... last night when I got home from work feeling exhausted and still a little sore I was greeted with the BEST aroma. My dinner, that had spent the day cooking on my counter. It was waiting for me, all nice and hot and ready to go with no prep! Hubs works late some nights, than he goes to CF, so I am either waiting for him to get home or usually I whip up some eggs and bacon on Monday nights. Not last night... a roast in the crock pot with mushrooms, onions, celery, carrots, squash and a red wine sauce. Yummo! Not only did I get to eat dinner at a reasonable hour, BUT, I was also in bed with my eyes closed and about to fall asleep at 9:00pm!! Yeah, I know, I live on the edge!! I cant tell you what getting to bed at 9:00pm means to me when I have to get up at 4:45am!! Eight hours of sleep is basically unheard of! When the alarm went off I was up and at em! I felt good and rejuvenated! It was great. Off to C...

October 25, 2011 Tomorrow I am back to reality. I took Monday as a complete rest day. Went food shopping after work than headed home. After the days worth of work I was simply exhausted. I actually wound up wearing sneakers to work since my  legs were aching so bad. In the middle of the day I had to take a trip to a job site and measure. Normally this would be no problem, but the act of standing than squatting a million times to take measurements and sketch the existing conditions was quite the task! Oddly enough, I felt like it actually helped a little bit. Plus, it got me out of the chair that I sit at most of the day and up and walking around. I coudnt wait for bed last night, but for some reason I just couldnt sleep. I tossed and turned all night long. Everything felt extremely tight and for some reason my mind was racing. Its been a while since I have had a night like that. When the alarm went off I knew I had to get moving... I was already awake. Knowing I wasnt going t...

October 23, 2011 Well after a solid nights sleep (at least it was for me), I hobbled out of bed at 6:00am for a shower before heading down to experience a second morning in a row of "egg patties" and sausage with Hubs, KP and T. We met up in the hallway and all evaluated how sore we were starting to feel. I think the adrenaline was still going because though we were starting to get there, it didnt seem as bad as it "should" have been. At breakfast we talked about the first WOD and how we would approach it. For me, it seemed as if we were in a much calmer state going into day two. The anticipation of registering and seeing what we were about to face was gone, but there was still anxiety about performing well. We got back to CFM pretty early. We wanted to secure the spot that we parked in the day before. It seemed a good distance from the garage and the street, gave us plenty of space to warm up and was far enough away from the porta potties... because if there is...

October 23, 2011 We arrived at Whole Foods for dinner on Friday night starving and ready to eat. They have a fantastic selection of foods that fit into the paleo lifestyle so we were all set! We nervously and anxiously talked through dinner (and the whole ride to CT) about our strategy for how we would face the WOD's the next day, but we all knew full well that we could talk about it forever and get no where... we needed to get there and get started to get the "jitters" out. After dinner we checked into the hotel and did our best to get a good nights sleep. Saturday morning, we met up and hit the continental breakfast (along with quite a few other crossfitters) at the hotel. "Regular" people were wondering what was going on when they saw all sorts of T-shirts on people like "I cant dance, but you should see me snatch" as well as the assortment of odd looking footwear (aka five finger shoes)... we all know what they do and what they mean... but its ...