I did it!!!!

Saturday 9/18

Compete in a Triathlon...DONE!!!!

Time: 2 hours

This was a lot easier than I was expecting, either I was more prepared than I thought and really took care of my body or I didn't push myself enough. It could have been a combination of both. I finished with my goal time and loved the way I felt after. I did not like the swimming and although the rest of the day made up for it, I don't know that I'll do one again because of the swimming. It's not that it was too difficult or I couldn't do it, it was absolutely terrifying... I know I'm dramatic, but it really was. Not many things actually scare me but this did. Not knowing what was around me in the lake, not have a visual perception of things and feeling like there was no way out was really scary. I definitely learned something new about myself with this process and where my limits are as far as challenging myself.

The training was more annoying and difficult than the actual event. It was time consuming and rough but it's true that when you work hard and push yourself in preparation, what you were training for is so much easier. I'm ready to start putting the weight back on, muscle of course, and focus on my CrossFit goals.

1. Consistent double unders

2. Unassisted pull ups for most WOD's

3. Muscle Ups (at least 1 before my year anniversary)- For non CrossFit people watch this for a visual of what muscle ups are.

9/14

"Badger"

30 squat cleans #45 (rx #65)

30 pull ups

400m run (rx 800m)

3 rounds

27:29

I didn't do Rx on this from a recommendation to rest a bit before the triathlon and I'm glad I did. This was murder. I will never do this one again, and I didn't even do Rx! It took on average for people who didn't scale the run like 35 minutes. Oh Badger, you are my new least favorite of anything!

9/15

Strength:

OH Squats

5x 65%

5x 75%

5x 85% AMRAP (as many reps as possible)

55-65-75 (25 reps)

* I didn't have a 1 rep max so I used what my coach told me too, obviously it was too light. You want to have the last number of reps be between 5-12

WOD:

50 Double Unders

10 hang cleans #75

3 rounds

9:51

This one was murder after the squat cleans from the night before and I can't do double unders so I had to do 200 single skips each round and for some reason I wasn't able to get those today either. It was a very bad morning. I let personal stuff affect the workout instead of using it. I just couldn't get my head in it.