First of all, I hope everybody had a safe, healthy, and happy holiday!
This being my 2nd Christmas as a married person I pretty much knew the drill for seeing lots and lots of family in a short time. The funny thing of it all was the entire weekend started off with our Crossfit family.
Christmas Eve started off with one of the hardest WOD I have ever done (see below) and I almost got my first DNF. But thanks to my Crossfit family, I was cheered and pushed to my limit and even though the WOD took me close to 50 minutes to complete and I was in tears, I completed it, and I completed it RX'd. So thanks again Crossfit610 family for being there for me! I was very touched when I read Family Thanks from one of my fellow 610er's.
Besides keeping my either 3 on 1 off or 4 WOD's a week plan I have been really focusing on my running since my 1st of three races is coming up. I am running a 10k on Super Bowl Sunday and I need to practice!
Here are two maps of runs I have done in past week. The first map shows a 2 mile run I did at 7:00am and the second map shows a 3.5 mile run I did on Christmas morning. So far I have logged 9 miles today date and with 5 weeks left until the 10k race, I hope I will be ready.
I am going to try to Crossfit 4 days a week and run 3 days a week with 1 rest day. If you do the math, that means I have one day per week of both Crossfit and Running.
Obviously running this 10k, 10 Miler, and Half Marathon is part of my 2012 goal/resolution. What resolutions and goals are you setting for youself?
Thursday: Rest Day
Friday: Strength
7 attempts to find your 1 rep max of: Front Squat: 135 Snatch Squat: 65 WOD 1k Row 30 Ring Dips 30 Ring Rows
10:44 Ran 2 Miles Saturday:
WOD 5 Rounds 30 Box Jumps (20inches) 30 Wall Balls (14lbs) 400 Meter Run
45:50 1k Row 4:21:9
Sunday:3.5 Mile Run
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: Endurance 200 Meter Rows 5 times 3x7 Back Squats
After an amazing weekend, it was time for me to finally get serious about my dieting, since after all, diet is just as important as working out. Lately I've totally relaxed on what I've been eating and I'm starting to feel that uncomfortable strain in my clothes.
So Sunday I pack and prepare my food for the day on Monday and off I go.
So far so good, 2 Hard Boiled Eggs, 1 apple, 1 Clementine, and 6 Cashews for breakfast. Another Clementine for snack, and then well, my boss brings in a plate of freshly made Christmas Cookies.
Karen - Resist! (and I did)
Then, it is announced that our boss is taking us out to lunch for Habachi....aka noodle heaven.
Karen - Resist! (and I did. I replaced noodles with extra veggies).
Later on, we got a delivery from our Accountant. I am not kidding you. 5lbs of chocolate covered cashews. Now part of me was going to justify the fact that cashews are paleo......but:
Karen - Resist (and I have even though there are still about 3lbs left in the office).
For dinner I eat the hibachi left over Shrimp and veggies, which made for a pretty successful day! Boy that was hard, but I made it resiting all those temptations.
Tuesday starts off the very same way. Good work on breakfast and mid morning snack and then, boom! Our OTHER boss wants to take us out for lunch. (Seriously? this never happens). I really wanted something non paleo and delicious, but:
Karen - Resist! (and I did, ordered a Chicken BLT salad, really good too!)
Today was the day I decided to start my running training program and what do you know, my running buddy is stuck in traffic and its really cold and raining out...but:
Karen - DON'T MAKE EXCUSES (and I didn't, I ran 2.5 miles alone, in the dark, and in the cold rain).
Today started out pretty normal again and when I went into the kitchenette to fill up my water bottle, I see two huge containers filled with amazing smelling cookies and treats! This is unbelievable.
Karen - Resist! (Nothing tastes better than losing those extra pounds).
Holy crap was this is hard week to start! But you know what, if I can make it through all that in week 1, just think how easy it will be to get through the next few weeks.
Monday:
Endurance: 30 DU 400 Meter Run 10 Burpees 2 Rounds
As luck would have it, this past weekend Dennis and I had no plans for an entire weekend. So what did we do? We made plans. The nice thing about this though, is we made plans for just to two of us. Something that we rarely do and is often needed.
Since I tend to be a bit of a Grinch around this time of year, Dennis was on a mission to shove Christmas down my throat.
Keeping our priorities straight, we wanted to get a WOD in Saturday morning before we left. It was a Christmas themed WOD and we got to listen to Christmas music during it. Perfect way to start the weekend. (See Saturday's WOD listed below).
The WOD kicked my ass, and I wanted to quit once I got to the last round. But with the support of my friends, they cheered and helped me get through the 12th day of Christmas. Thank you!!
After the WOD we went home, got showered and dressed and off we went.
Our first stop was Longwood Gardens. Having never been there I didn't know what to expect. We started off with an Organ Sing along where we sat in a grand room with a group of 100 people while a man played Christmas songs on an organ to which we sang along. I know it sounds kinda corny, but it was very enjoyable, (and Dennis sang!).
From there we walked around the garden and saw the Gingerbread Display, Christmas Display, and all the other amazing plants they have.
By the time we were done with the inside activities, it was turning twilight and all the gardens and trees were lit up with the most amazing lights I have ever seen.
And right before we decided to head out, we enjoyed this fountain show:
Next on our agenda that Dennis so meticulously planned out was a super romantic dinner at hotel Hershey. The food was amazing and Hershey sure knows how to do dessert right!
When we left the restaurant for dinner, it had lightly snowed making everything look and feel like Christmas. It was super pretty and of course, very romantic.
Believe it or not, the day was not done! There was one more Christmas item on the agenda which would end the night. Dennis and I were going to the "Sweet Treat Lights." This is something similar to Lights in the Parkway.
Even though this wasn't quite what we had hoped, it was still really fun to do and we had an enjoyable time.
We stayed over in Hershey that night and the next day we spent at the Hershey Outlets shopping for gifts (even though we got a ton for ourselves) and driving home. The weekend was amazing and even though we splurged a big on food, we still got a WOD in on Saturday.
Thank you Dennis for a wonderful Christmas filled weekend!
Friday: Endurance 1k Row 20 Push Ups 500 Row
WOD: 4 Rounds 7 OH Squats (55lbs) 11 Chest to Bar PU (Purple Band 7 Hollow Rocks Unbroken
11:00
Saturday: 12 Days of Christmas
1 Power Snatch (65lbs)
2 Ring Dips (Purple Band) 1 Power Snatch
3 Burpees 2 Ring Dips 1 Power Snatch
4 Pull Ups (Purple Band) 3 Burpees 2 Ring Dips 1 Power Snatch
5 Toe 2 Bar 4 Pull Ups 3 Burpees 2 Rig Dips 1 Power Snatch
6 Pushups 5 T2B 4 Pull Ups 3 Burpees 2 Ring Dips 1 Power Snatch
7 Air Squats 6 Pushups 5 T2B 4 Pull Ups 3 Burpees 2 Ring Dips 1 Power Snatch
8 Jumping Lunges 7 Air Squats 6 Pushups 5 T2B 4 Pull Ups 3 Burpees 2 Ring Dips 1 Power Snatch
9 Box Jumps (20") 8 Jumping Lunges 7 Air Squats 6 Pushups 5 T2B 4 Pull Ups 3 Burpees 2 Ring Dips 1 Power Snatch
10 Wall Balls (14lbs) 9 Box Jumps 8 Jumping Lunges 7 Air Squats 6 Pushups 5 T2B 4 Pull Ups 3 Burpees 2 Ring Dips 1 Power Snatch
11 Kettlebell Swings 10 Wall Balls 9 Box Jumps 8 Jumping Lunges 7 Air Squats 6 Pushups 5 T2B 4 Pull Ups 3 Burpees 2 Ring Dips 1 Power Snatch
