She's Back!

Sunday, July 19;

My week of self-imposed time off is over!! Thank freaking G-d. I seriously have been wanting to lift cars, because I've missed working out so badly. I did hit one workout in the blue room on Wednesday, but I felt so horrible about it. I was hurting and out of shape... working through some serious pain and cramping. I knew I wouldn't be able to come in to the blue room to join the usual Sunday morning workout, so I decided I'd hit up the park workout with Crossfit Potomac.

I was a little bummed to find out Jen (the co-owner, and my long time crossfit buddy, and partner in shoulder pain) wouldn't be there, but once I've made up my mind there's no changing it. They hold workouts really close to my house which is prett awesome. It's on an outdoor track at this high school. There was a pretty decent crowd. I always like to see how I stack up to athletes that I don't regularly workout with. I kind of know generally where I sit in the blue room Crossfit community, but it's always a good test of my ability when I have to go up against strangers. Often, it's really humbling.. also, often I love to see that the Crossfit mentality translates to its athletes no matter what affiliate they are with.

What I saw Saturday were some really eager Crossfitters, some hard core athletes and a lot of heart! I love it. Oh.. and I also came up with a much needed new t-shirt logo.. check it out on the right. -->

I was really excited to see my good, old buddy Pat show up during the warm-up (in classic Pat style.. and yes, his hair was a mess!)

For the workout we had to team up in groups of 4. I stayed close to my roots.. sticking with Pat. I knew together that we would be a force to be reckoned with! The guys standing next to us looked like some decent fire breathers so we welcomed them to creat a brutally, tough group of four.

Workout:

Group work: Complete as a group.. only one person doing an exercise at one time

400 meter run

400 squats

300 situps

200 pushups

100 dumbell swings

400 meter run

We started out going clockwise until a person failed at their exercise and then we rotated. This was a pretty efficient way to go about things. We also kept pretty decent track of our numbers.. another key to doing group work.

I knew I could bang out squats and swings, so I stuck to doing those and some situps as well. I contributed about 20 pushups.. They are definitely not my strength any longer, but I was happy that I was able to do full out pushups (not on my knees). My shoulder wasn't bothering me. I think I'll stick to doing full out pushups even if it slows me down. I have the ability to do them, so why not? Good to know.

Also, I should mention that our team was filled with fire breathers! We smoked through this workout in 14:03 (the first to finish!). You all know how I love that. I hope to hit more park workouts. I had a great time. Maybe next time Jenn will join!