So Monday night, the coaches had a preview of the upcoming rowing seminar to be offered by two of cf motown's members who are expert rowers: Chip and Pat. i chose not to do the reg wod for the day - even though it was something i was interested in doing - bc i knew that there was going to be a wod during this seminar. I take a relatively nonchalant approach toward rowing - that is, i dont especially love doing it but i dont dislike it either bc as someone who is not vertically challenged, rowing ends up being a movement im relatively efficient in. well when Pat announced the wod for the evening - 11min of rowing - i nearly sharted myself. in the end, it didnt end up being that bad and i rowed over 2700m - which i was happy with seeing as the farthest i had rowed prior to yesterday was 2000m. after all is said and done - i get home at 1030p - a fairly full day. do i regret not doing the reg wod - we'll get back to that later.
i had this grandiose idea to try and wake up extra early and wod during the 6am class today bc i knew i wasnt going to make the lunchtime wod. surprise surprise - that didnt happen - so i was mentally preparing myself all day to do the reg wod during the 545 class. there is a small contingent that shows up to this class and im sure they wouldnt have minded if i sneaked in a workout with them. i had who i was going to be paired up with in my head but unfortunately an even number of people showed up so i was relegated to strictly coaching duties. the 630 class strolls in and i chose not to wod with them either - even though its was a smaller class with an odd number of people - bc its just getting too close to the endurance wod that i need to do bc im training for the half marathon. recovery is why you get better - not more work - and i need to focus my energies on giving these endu wods the intensity that they demand so i can perform well for my first half marathon. do i regret not doing the reg wod - we'll get back to that later.
both classes did great and i finished the on-ramp class early so i was actually going to get to endu on time when a prospective on ramper shows up. so i send bryan to get everyone started at endu and get there late myself. im already second guessing my choices not to do the reg wods two days in a row and trying not to think about how that affects my final three weeks of training and also trying to not worry so much about being a bad example and showing up late when one of the first things that gets brought to my attention after showing up is general disappointment that i didnt do today's wod - not what i wanted to hear right then and there. sure i could have gotten up early, or sure i could have been productive at work the week prior and gone to the lunch wod today, but i just dont think that very many people realize that as a coach, i make time for cf motown above and beyond what the schedule shows and bc of that choice - and the fact that i do have another job and i try and have a life outside of that and crossfit - sometimes i have to choose whether or not i realistically have the time to do all the wods that i would like to do or just do the wods i need to do to keep up with my training and still function at an acceptable level day in and day out. do i regret not doing the reg wods? quite simply, yes - but for pete's sake i definitely dont need reminding of that. what makes today's scenario even more ironic is that i was just speaking about being positive in everything you say bc negative words/thoughts have a way of sticking with people... unfounded disappointment is definitely not positive.
trudged along through the endu wod, 4:15, 4:17, 4:27, 4:25 for my 1000m splits - i was happy with staying so consistent with my mind not focusing on pose. get home after 4 classes at 945p - a fairly full day and i still need to go food shopping and write my blog. tomorrow is another day.
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