For Labor Day, we did the Filthy Fifty. For anyone keeping track, the was the first WOD I completed at Sound Crossfit, on the day I showed up for a trial class. I only had to do 15 reps per station.
One year later …

… 29:39 or around that.

Here was this morning:

Doubleunders have become my least favorite exercise. Flashbacks to grade school. Whip marks up and down your arms, legs, etc. They are difficult to master. To me they are like bowling. In the first round I look like a rock star, but then I get bored and start whipping myself left and right.

Two Doubleunder WODs in a row ain’t fun. I freak that I smell pee all day. Maybe it’s from sitting on the wrong seat on the bus. But more likely the case it is the smell of humiliation that I am 38 years old, a mom, wife and working professional, and I attend a gym class and do these exercises that I used to do in gym class, oh, and I pee a little bit while doing it.

It can be a sign of something worse, so ladies consult your doctor if have pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms. Though this video is kinda funny.

I don’t record all WODs, but here is a look at a few from this month.

I have no memory of the above. I kind of remember the last 50 sit-ups being a big PITA.

This was a partner/team workout, which are usually saved for weekend WODs. I think I was partnered with Josie. It is the holds/core work, like plank and V-ups, that are the biggest struggle in workouts like these.

Double Unders remain my least favorite thing. I start off looking great. I am most successful if I go single-double-single-double etc. Like in bowling, my arms just get tired after doing them for a while. Then there’s the whole peeing in your pants thing.

Coach Jess asked us, what is Special Enforcement Detail, anyway? Nobody knew. For this WOD I put my running shoes on since there was a good amount of running. It made the thrusters really tough.

Rowing and running. For the row, here is my 1000m strategy, works well for Crossfit WODs: start 5, high 10-15, shift and shoot for 28- 30 spm. At 500m I start doing high 10s, staying at or below a 2:00 split. The other 10s I hover around 2:03 – :05. At 900m I crank the rate up to get ‘er done. I pulled it out with an avg split of 1:59.
This particular workout got me thinking strategy for a 2K, should I have to pull that off some one morning.

I’ll be out of town the rest of the month, so no WODs til September.

Whoa fuzzy picture. Blame it on the weak knees after all those Doubleunders. I took a week off from CF. Gave my body a rest. Also gave my body a bellyache from eating so much. Time to whip myself back into shape. I think I’m about to sign up for another 10K … Stay tuned.