Three K

Got to church late, had lunch and played games with the fam, picked up a three piece suit, and ended up at home last night without further plans so I sifted through my entire DVD collection and chose to watch Serenity. If you like sci-fi and/or Joss Whedon then definitely rent it. (Geek out alert - Im so glad he is at the helm for The Avengers.) Minus getting to church late and the lack of plans - it was a good end to a good weekend.

Got to work this morning and there was carrot cake in the kitchen. the carrot cake never stood a chance. I had to restrain myself from going for a fourth piece (in my defense, as im sure anyone who works in a cubicle will attest to, Monday mornings and cake are a dangerously tempting combination) as the wod was a 3000m row and on top of never having rowed that distance, i knew i really wanted to get sub 12min. luckily i reasoned with myself that having carrot cake did not amount to a nutritionally valuable fuel source and followed up my dessert after my regular bfast with a solid salad for lunch.

Stayed a bit longer after work and finally photoshopped the images for the CFME shirts and sent them to the shirt printers (resized and at the right resolution) and so i got to the box to coach right before my first class. as expected only a few people showed up. either crossfiters must really love Chris of ocean blue fame or they saw the wod and thought "i dislike rowing, its a long row, im choosing today as my day off". i have a strong suspicion that it was the latter - which is disappointing from a coach's perspective mainly because it goes against one of crossfit's three main components - that i know we hammer home every day to our athletes - "constantly varied". By training in a broad, general, and inclusive manner, we become better prepared for the unknown and/or the unknowable - it puts us in a more capable ready state to be able to mentally and physically handle whatever life throws at us. so anyone reading this post that skipped out on today's wod for the aforementioned reason (and you haven't named any of your daughters Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria) - i urge you to get comfortable with being uncomfortable next time. i promise i'll help you.

i wodded after the 715p class and after chatting with coach Mike (who apologized for being sleepy and leaving early on friday night) - much later than usual for a monday but in a prime example of my constantly varied diatribe above - life happens. ive got to thank Pat and Chip for all the great pointers they gave us at that rowing seminar back in August - i paid attention to my s/m and my feet were never strapped into the erg and i finished in 11:40. Sweet! I worked on some grip exercises after and it wasnt until i was pulling into my driveway that i realized that i missed a good opportunity to start my Louis Simmons powerlifting / do any Bergener skill transfer exercises - boo to me. Overall solid day.

Finally, a big up top to my llocfme who rocked longer distances this weekend - way to crush it!