Aug 7- 13

8/7: 1hr run with Sveta (my inimitable sibling) where we got hopelessly lost in the enchanted suburbia that is Ashburn. Best part was running through back packing lot of church trying to find out way back. Yes on Sunday. Yes, weaving through dozens of nice-looking people. We were not dressed for church. I hope they did not judge us.8/8-9: Rest
8/10: 2.8mi run with Dave. He is draaaaaggging butt that dog! Too slow!
8/11: Trapeze class, 3hrs. I almost didn't put this here but it made me sore so it counts! We also did silk ropes (at which I was not bad but also not as great as I thought) and trampoline (at which I was godawful).

8/12: 2 mi walk w/ Dave. Yes walk - it was HOT he would've died if I made him run. :/

8/13: SealFit Palomar with Megan. Um...she's a firefighter. This was... It WAS, ok? 2.5hrs long and I skipped the 3mi run at the end! Here's the workout from their website:

Baseline: ROM Drills. Run 800M, then 21 – 15 – 9 wall balls (14#), push-ups

Work Capacity: for time:

• 5 x Man-Makers (50#), 15 x Curtis P (75#), Run 400M
• 10 x Man Makers (40#), 10 x Curtis P, Run 800M
• 15 x Man Makers (40#), 5 x Curtis P, Run 1 mile

Strength: 10 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 3 – 3 – 3 Front Squat (My max was just 105#... I think I could've done more but was definitely scared by the next section...)

Stamina: Chipper: 15 x FS @ 90% of 3RM, 75 x jumping back squats (65/45#), 6 x sprint starts.

Durability: (3 mile run @ moderate pace)-CUT. 100 x sit-ups, plank hold 2 x 3 minutes. Active Stretch or Yoga

• What is a Man Maker? --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gczI5sINn9U
• WTF is a Curtis P (Curtis Press)? --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLff8fhPIQg
  

They should be called Jello-Makers...cos that's how my legs felt the next day.

June 12 - Chelsea+

My original plan was to run a mile before and after the workout but I only managed the 'before.' Somehow my L knee clonked out and it wasn't even a bad circuit... Gettin' old.

-1mi
-Chelsea:
EMOM (Every Minute on the Minute) x 30
5 pull ups - 10 push ups - 15 squats
-100 knee huggers on bench (abs)

Excited to do pull ups again, although the palms began to emit a worrisome burning smell, I mean feeling, around round 20. I finished the 30 but had to take a round off in the middle. I think the goal is just to finish. Glad I didn't take Frank's advice and do squat jumps instead of squats. We're not all robots, Frank!! :[


Also, since I was doing this outside a little after rush hour, we got a loooot of hecklers. Comments raged from mere honks and "Yay! Crossfit!!" to my personal favorite by what looked to be a highschool senior, "YYYYEEEEEEYYAAAAA!! DOOOOOO THEM SQUATSSSSS!!" [sh*t eating grin]. Young man, I am a mother.

June 8 - Hills with stroller and some jumping

Went on a semi new route in the neighborhood, hunting for hills. 10am run wasn't too hot for Nat and made me want to pass out slightly less.

Kingstowne to Hayfield and back, w/ Summer Ridge loop and lower two blocks repeated x3.
4.8mi

Plus - 50 squats half way through run and 50 squats + 50 bench jumps at the end. I can't figure out how tall the bench is. Maybe 24"? Tall enough that I don't feel confident bouncing up and down on it, just jump on and step off. hmm...

My bench was higher than this, at least: