04152018 – Ski

Yes, you read that right. Skiing on April 15th. It looks like we will probably be able to ski for at least another week. The Historic April Blizzard dropped about 15 inches of snow and a second round is still dropping snow!

Joe and I decided to join the small mass of people enjoying the 3k of groomed trails. Grooming was supposed to officially end a month ago! The Loppet is actually hosting a ski race tomorrow on the trails!

The trails had been groomed earlier in the day and we had gotten even more snow throughout the day so it was pretty sticky and I had trouble gliding. Joe was giving me some pointers and tips throughout the ski such as double poleing and tightening my pole straps. I didn’t fall at all but like I said it was pretty slow conditions. It was still a lot of fun just to be out.

I did 4 miles in 48 minutes. Joe did a couple extra of the small loops since he is so much faster than me!

04142018 – Run

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I put the pictures in the post and then never came back to do my write up. Oops. This was my 5 mile time trial. We had fresh snow, but I got out before the blizzard really came down! Overall run was 7 miles in 1:13:02.

My 5 mile time trial was in 51:30 so 10:18 on snowy trails!

04132018 – CrossFit

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I was excited to finally see some running programmed back into the MetCons! Not everyone else in my class shared that excitement with me! Oh well. Our warm-up wasn’t heavy lifting but it was more like some accessory lifts that weren’t easy!

The warm up was 3 rounds of

10 barbell rows

10 z press

10 single leg deadlift per side w/ KB.

The MetCon was 4 Rounds for Time:

200 meter run

2 length sled push (45# plate on it)

40 double unders

12 Toes to Bar

The only modification I did was 80 single unders instead of dubs and my Toes to Bar wouldn’t pass strict standards, but were more T2B than Hanging Knee Raises. My overall time was 19:27. Not an excuse, but a challenge we had was that the floors had just been cleaned so it was hard to keep the sleds moving consistently across the floor and at some points your feet were slipping on the wet floor.

04122018 – Run

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The workout this morning was 5x800m. The trails were a mixture of icy and mud. I swear my phone updated and said that it was 40 degrees so I opted for shorts. I realized pretty quickly that it was actually colder as the sidewalks had a thin layer of ice from the snow melt. But it didn’t feel too cold. By the time I got home my legs were just starting to get cold. It was hard to know where the icy parts were since the run started before 5am and it was pitch black. The headlamp doesn’t really provide good depth perception or awareness of puddles! Once I got into the woods it was more about a thin layer of ice on the remaining snow pack or areas of mud.

Looking at the splits you can tell when I was on flatter and better surfaces!

5:14

5:02

4:44

4:56

4:05

The overall run was 4.63 miles in 49:17.

2018 CrossFit Open Summary

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Well, my first CrossFit Open was definitely a lot of fun and hard work! It is fun to be one of thousands waiting anxiously to find out what kind of crazy workout CrossFit Games Director Dave Castro will throw at us. He has such a great imagination when it comes to pain and physical work!

And then discussing it with family, friends, and gym mates both as it is announced and then after doing the workout is great. For 5 weeks out of the year all of us are doing the same workout at least once a week! So much fun in that painful sort of way!

I was able to complete 4 of the workouts with my normal 5:30am Crew and that was a lot of fun – pushing each other and celebrating each other’s successes and new achievements. The 5th workout I was able to get done during Friday Night Lights at Solcana and that was a different level of energy. I didn’t know a ton of people, but that didn’t stop everyone from cheering each other on and judging others!

Here are links to my posts:

And here is the link to all the Official Info.