I am such a Thule!!!

So last night I was helping my friend Misty move. I always keep my Thule bike rack in the car. As I was pulling out a lawn chair the bike rack fell out landing square on my big toe! A silent scream ensued and I hobbled the rest of the evening. When I got home and took off my shoe, I noticed the blood soaking my sock. My toe was really swollen and purple. It landed below the nail. Nancy helped clean it out (completely grossing her out). This morning I was surprised it didn't hurt more than it did. Still really swollen and starting to throb like in the cartoons. I am limping around and really mad at myself for making such a stupid mistake.

Squats and Row

Today's workout was a double. I am going to make a concerted effort to split these up in April to see if I can get more out of each individual workout. I am giving it my all, but sometimes, if I was fresher, I think the results would be different.

Results today for 300 squats for time was 9:22. Legs were still really sore from squats. Nancy timed them for me and added them up which was a big help.

Second part was going to be 8x400m run with 90 seconds of rest in between each set. Since I am holding off running until a 10k race this weekend, I swapped rowing for running. Finished in 22:02 total, which if my math is correct averages out to 1:48/500m during the work.

My pool is finally open

My pool is finally open after more than 2 weeks of being under renovations. I am still nervous about the swim, but at least I can just swim to get rid of the anxiety.

Yesterday was a first kind of combo day for me. I did 2 crossfit WOD's within 15 minutes of each other.

First part was back squats (5 sets of 3 reps) Results were; 185x1, 205x1, 225x2, 205x1. Felt that my form was good throughout. Nancy did her WOD (Deadlifts), then I did 5 sets of 5 reps of thrusters. Results were; 95x1, 105x2, 115x1, 95x1. These were much harder than I thought, probably had something to do with the squats.

Today I had 50 burpees for time and a 500yd swim. Burpees were done in 4:27 (legs and shoulders really sore from yesterday). Swim was done in 13:00 even. Last time on February 20th was 15:13.

Happy Friday

Was thankful to have a day off from training today as work has been pretty busy. Nancy and I are transitioning to Paleo. I am trying to think of all the things I can eat versus all the things I have to give up. Having a hard time wrapping my head around the changes I'll make. I've pretty much eaten the same breakfast, lunch and dinner for the past year or so. So figuring out something new will take some time. I am excited to see what changes this will have in store for my training.

Couple of workouts to catch up on;

21 Burpees,500m row, 15 burpees, 500m row, 9 burpees, 500m row. Finished in 10:13. Have I mentioned how much I hate burpees?

Other workout was a bike. 3 miles, rest 1 minute, 6 miles, rest 2 minutes, 9 miles, rest 3 minutes, bike 12 miles. Results were as follows; 3 miles = 8:57, 6 miles = 17:34, 9 miles = 26:54, 12 miles = 39:08. Total bike time was 92:33. Aren't crossfit workouts supposed to be short?

On another note, committed to a 60K in November with my friend Gerrit today and Nancy and her brother committed to the Hartford Marathon.

I am so over Burpees

Burpees, Burpees, oh I hate thee. They are never easy, even harder when you do squats and push ups before them. I had 10, 20, 30 rep rounds of box jumps, squats, push ups and burpees. Finished this in 11:57. Then waited about 8 minutes for the bike to clear and substituted a 10 mile run with a 20 mile bike. First 10 miles finished in 30 minutes. I then faded quickly on the second 10 miles for an overall time of 64:13.

Thank You--The following message is from Nancy

Dear Team Trimax and Laura,

Thanks so much for all of your positive comments. I wasn't sure at all if I could pull off my goal of breaking 2 hours in the NYC Half, but I did and am proud of my efforts. I had a great support team in Dan and my friends who waited for me to run by. Now Dan's trying to get me to do a marathon! Don't know how I feel about that yet....Thanks again to all of you.
Nancy

Shoulder Press, bike

Today's WOD called for 5 sets of 3 reps of shoulder presses followed by a 20K bike at 80%. Used dumbbells as a substitute. Warmed up with 20's then went 50x1,60x4. Felt pretty strong. Hopped immediately onto the bike and finished in 39:21.

Overall a good day, looking forward to more frequent weather days like this past weekend.

Unfortunately my pool has been closed for renovations, so I have not been able to do my swim workouts. The anxiety is starting to build a bit. I plan on making up a lot for lost time as soon as it opens up again next week.