I am ready to get 2013 underway! Tomorrow starts the first full normal week of the year and after a month of being sick, traveling, holidays, crap eating and not training, I can't wait to get back on the horse.
I attended the Whole 9 seminar in Philly yesterday and I'm on Day 2 and doing ok. I took last week to do some detoxing and ween my way back to paleo. Super strict for the next 30 days, following the Whole 9 protocol. It's been a long time since I've followed any program to the letter of the law, and its time. I've slipped away from really clean eating and need to do this reset and stop kidding myself that diary and grains don't effect me "that bad".
Yesterday was a travel and seminar day so eating was pretty random. Eggs and blueberries for breakfast, banana/carrots to snack on, paleo lunch at seminar, big salad with eggs and avocado and olivesfor dinner. Today I had scrambled eggs and avocado and blueberries, snacked on some olives, turkey chili with cauliflower rice (no beans) and a banana. I know I'm a little short on veggies for the first few days, but I didn't have any! Fridge is now fully stocked after a trip to costco.
I hope to slay the sugar demons and recreate some healthy habits and gain some willpower!
Going to hit the track this afternoon since it is so pretty outside and then will pick Chip up at the airport and fix a veggie filled paleo dinner.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Celtic Solstice 2012
A little race recap from the Celtic Solstic: Bottom line: Kelley Fox is awesome and will make you fast, FAST! I've been trying to follow her program for about six weeks--shooting for 2 e.WODs a week.
Just finished a 5 mile race and while I finished strong with a time of 40:41--just over 8 min. miles. I've been sick all week, slept like crap last night, ate like crap yesterday and ran just shy of a PR time. This was my 4th time racing this course. I ran 1:30 faster than last year and had to go back FIVE YEARS to 2008 to find my PR time of 39:40 for this course. That was pre-CrossFit when I ran 3x a week. Not bad results for 4-6 weeks of training where i put in about a 70% effort! Pretty confident I could have PR'd if it wasn't for this hacking cough and sore throat! This program works!!
I followed Kelly's protocol of a mile warm up, stretch, rest (a little more than 5min due to race delay) before we started. Mile 1 felt great, but I knew what was in store. These hills had killed me before. Tried to not look at my watch and just kept a comfortable pace--i knew my pain points on the course, and I wanted to stay strong for those. Ended up running faster each mile even though I kept telling myself to "back off", which my body apparently interprets as "run faster"! Sprinted the last 800 (because its just one 800!!) and left nothing on the line.
Super excited for Half Marathon Training--e.WODs and more backsquats, front squats, and chains=fast running!
Just finished a 5 mile race and while I finished strong with a time of 40:41--just over 8 min. miles. I've been sick all week, slept like crap last night, ate like crap yesterday and ran just shy of a PR time. This was my 4th time racing this course. I ran 1:30 faster than last year and had to go back FIVE YEARS to 2008 to find my PR time of 39:40 for this course. That was pre-CrossFit when I ran 3x a week. Not bad results for 4-6 weeks of training where i put in about a 70% effort! Pretty confident I could have PR'd if it wasn't for this hacking cough and sore throat! This program works!!
I followed Kelly's protocol of a mile warm up, stretch, rest (a little more than 5min due to race delay) before we started. Mile 1 felt great, but I knew what was in store. These hills had killed me before. Tried to not look at my watch and just kept a comfortable pace--i knew my pain points on the course, and I wanted to stay strong for those. Ended up running faster each mile even though I kept telling myself to "back off", which my body apparently interprets as "run faster"! Sprinted the last 800 (because its just one 800!!) and left nothing on the line.
Super excited for Half Marathon Training--e.WODs and more backsquats, front squats, and chains=fast running!
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Still Working at It
Well, per usual I can't stay committed to anything! And I have all the stupid excuses in the book. i'm mad at myself, but you know what? I'm doing better and I'm ok with that. I continue to learn where the pitfalls are with my diet, mood, sleep, etc.
Today was a decent day, oh wait, nope...cheats...damn. I'd really like to avoid dairy, but....
2 hard boiled eggs, smidge of mayo to make egg salad
banana
1/2 pbj (there was bread i the house--gasp!! and i was craving a pbj)
slice of meatloaf
2 cups frozen green beans/peas
handful of cashews
1oz of cheese
salad
kabab sirloin style
5 olives
bottle of iced tea
Wod: SLEEP
Today was a decent day, oh wait, nope...cheats...damn. I'd really like to avoid dairy, but....
2 hard boiled eggs, smidge of mayo to make egg salad
banana
1/2 pbj (there was bread i the house--gasp!! and i was craving a pbj)
slice of meatloaf
2 cups frozen green beans/peas
handful of cashews
1oz of cheese
salad
kabab sirloin style
5 olives
bottle of iced tea
Wod: SLEEP
Monday, November 5, 2012
Day 2
Day 2 went pretty well. No real cheats as long as you don't count the 2 tsp of peanut butter this afternoon to polish off the jar in my desk. Hey, it's better than diving into the chocolate bin, right?
Here's the run down:
2 HB eggs
Pear
Coffee
Water
3oz steak
Carrots
1cup blackberries/raspberries
A few dry roasted almonds--yech, I just can't eat these anymore...
7 Klamata olives--w/pits
4oz pork tenderloin
Kale chips
1/2 sweet potato
Tomato cucumber salad w oil/vinegar
Water
10 grapes--sugar detox will take a day or two
Wod of the day was a bear--we had w choices and I didn't want tondoneither one, but I sucked it up and went anyways and, as always, I am glad I did.
10 min
9 snatch @90% 1rm -75#
12 snatch -65#
15 snatch-55#
My 1rm from about a month ago was 80# so I was happy to do 9 heavy without much trouble. Not quite touch and go, but I got it done. Next two rounds were broken into sets of 4, then 5. Time was 5:23.
Wod2: 10 min cap, 5 rounds of 10 t2b and 6 hspu.
I got 4 rounds and did hspu w 15# plate and a mat. Need to work on these more... I had given up but this is something that i really want to work on over the winter strength wise.
Here's the run down:
2 HB eggs
Pear
Coffee
Water
3oz steak
Carrots
1cup blackberries/raspberries
A few dry roasted almonds--yech, I just can't eat these anymore...
7 Klamata olives--w/pits
4oz pork tenderloin
Kale chips
1/2 sweet potato
Tomato cucumber salad w oil/vinegar
Water
10 grapes--sugar detox will take a day or two
Wod of the day was a bear--we had w choices and I didn't want tondoneither one, but I sucked it up and went anyways and, as always, I am glad I did.
10 min
9 snatch @90% 1rm -75#
12 snatch -65#
15 snatch-55#
My 1rm from about a month ago was 80# so I was happy to do 9 heavy without much trouble. Not quite touch and go, but I got it done. Next two rounds were broken into sets of 4, then 5. Time was 5:23.
Wod2: 10 min cap, 5 rounds of 10 t2b and 6 hspu.
I got 4 rounds and did hspu w 15# plate and a mat. Need to work on these more... I had given up but this is something that i really want to work on over the winter strength wise.
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