Gone was my Ipad, my Iphone, and my laptop. I couldn't even sneak into the bathroom and hit refresh...I had to wait from 6:24 to 8:01 pm. Talk about intense. My stomach dropped from time to time as I tried to stay distracted.
So, as you probably already know, I have managed to squeak out another week in the 10th place position. This is all just completely crazy to me as I didn't even know until last week that I even wanted to be in the 10th place position. Now, it's all consuming.
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| Whew, 10th place! |
This week was a little different than last week. I had a total mindset shift. I like the way Jim puts it when I treat the dogs. Let's go back before I move forward. I am trying to train Theodore to use the great outdoors as his potty, as opposed to my hallway rug. So, every time he does his duties outside I give him a treat. Jim tells me that I am "treating mediocrity!" I am giving him a treat, for what he is supposed to do!
Well, this makes me laugh, but I've also tried to apply it to my life. So, I have decided to always set a goal for these workouts. And if I happen to reach my goal, then I get my treat. You all know that my favorite thing in the world is CANDY!! So, I said "self, if you get 300 reps you can have 6 Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs!" I will not go into detail here and now my love love relationship with Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs.
I set my goal much higher than I ever dreamed I could achieve...I mean it wouldn't be a goal if I could easily reach it right. I wanted something I had to fight for. Coming off of last week and missing my goal by 5 reps, I decided that 300 was a nice even number. That's 10 rounds...or easily put 1 round a minute.
I knew this week that I wanted to WOD twice. In fact, when I told Angela she was like your going to do it on Friday night and again first thing Saturday morning. I was like, yeah. It's only 10 minutes. It's a metcon with those light weights.
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| Fri - Push Press |
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| Fri - Deadlifts |
Friday night, I just went balls to the wall. I worked for the entire 10 minutes...like I knew I could and should but didn't really have a plan of attack. Just kill it is what I thought I should do. Well, they called time and I looked up at Carolyn and she said 274....I'm not gonna lie. I had absolutely positively NO idea where I was...I was repping, Carolyn was counting, Jim was coaching.....and 274 REALLY!?!?!?!?! I was SO upset, mad, angry....you name it, I felt it. I cried. (I know if Chet is reading this, he'll laugh!) But I did, I cried immediately, in fact Angela came to check on me to make sure I wasn't hurt. I wanted to say the only thing that hurts right now are my feelings!!!!
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| Thanks Angela;0) |
Saturday morning, at CrossFit 061 I have Holly as my counter, Zach as my pacer and Cathy as my coach. Cathy quickly recognized I was carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders, and when you're ready to do a WOD you can't have any outside distractions. Thankfully, she caught me and made me wipe my mind blank. And thank heavens for Zach is all I can say. He paced me the entire time. I jumped the gun and came out a little too quick and he slowed me down. The only thing I changed on my strategy was on my box steps to alternate the starting leg every other round. On Friday night, I used my left leg probably 85-90% of all the reps...so I wasn't able to keep pace.
Zach had me at a perfect pace, but I just couldn't pick up when he was ready for me to go balls to the wall. I needed to speed up my steps in the 9th round, in order to get all the reps I needed in the 10th round.....I was able to squeak out a few box jumps....but didn't get the 10th round completed....BUT I was so excited to add 17 reps to my workout for a total of 291.
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| Yes, I'm praying!! |
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| Sat - CF 061 |
PS: I didn't have any Reese's despite my survey on Facebook. I had a goal. I didn't reach it. Maybe next time.
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