WODs & Well-Being

May 26, 2013 I am not sure which one I am... I guess the elephant...   I will say the statement is 100% true. I will also say that if you told me that someday I would be out voluntarily running on a Saturday/Sunday morning or afternoon just for the "fun" of it, I would call you crazy!  I have come to realize that I can no longer say I am not a runner. I am certainly not the best runner on the planet, but getting together with a friend and enjoying the outdoors just chatting and running an easy pace has become something I really love. I am also lucky enough to have a great friend to make it even better! Funny that a 5 mile run that just over a year and half ago was pretty much torture and today was relaxing, fun and a total stress reliever.  I guess it is what it is... I am a runner. What the?! WORKOUT: 5 Miles (pretty sure it was about 45 minutes)

September 9, 2012 Garage Games 2012 - Day 2 I slept pretty well after finally falling asleep. I tried so hard to get in bed early, but it just wasnt happening. Once I got there I laid there for about an hour just trying to get myself to relax... even as tired as I was. I still had so much excitement built up for day number two! When the alarm went off I had to hop right into the shower to get myself going. I hurried downstairs and made myself and Hubs some breakfast... yes you read that correctly... I made breakfast! I was very happy to see him walk downstairs after his shower and across the kitchen, yesterday it looked like he was going to need crutches to get around today. As soon as we were done we headed out to meet everyone to drive to Natick again. The ride there today was still so exciting. We chatted about our soreness... and about the WOD's to come... and how we wanted to do. Different conversation, as I think we were all a little less nervous and more excited since ...

August 30, 2012 I was feeling pretty nostalgic yesterday and decided to look back at some of my old posts. I am so happy that I started writing as soon as I started crossfit. Not only is it nice to go back and be able to see my weights and times of previous workouts, but I also can really go back into my own mind when I wrote those posts and feel those feelings all over again. I can remember what each one of those feelings were like including every struggle and every accomplishment. Its almost like I can look back and relive what I went through and use it as fuel to keep moving forward. For every struggle I had, I had a learning experience and for every PR I had a humbling moment, its pretty cool to have a written reminder of that. Yesterday was a struggle day. I was so extremely happy with myself that I had got my ONE handstand pushup that I totally passed over the fact that I did all those squats… and the entire second WOD. I took some time to reflect on that when I got hom...

August 9, 2012 Why do we look so hard for happiness? Shouldn’t it just be “easy” shouldn’t it just come “sit on your shoulder?” We only know what goes on in our own heads, in our own lives. Even if you have a best friend, someone you share everything with, you still don’t know exactly what that person is feeling. What makes them happy and how they stay that way, and I guess… if they are really as happy as they appear. We all know that everyone gets excited about different things, and different people have different things that make them “tick” or their heart “pitter patter” on a daily basis. So, really… the question is… is there actually a real definition of “happiness?” How do we know what happiness supposed to be like? Its only what you think… its only in your own mind. You define your own happiness.   Someone else might be perfectly happy with a life that you are unhappy with. But, how do you know if you are as happy as you can be? I guess you cant. So do...