A Serving of Humble Pie

After last week's half marathon, I was feeling so good about running again. But the funny thing about running is that it keeps you humble. Don't ever get too confident--because the proverbial rug will get pulled out from under you. It's happened to me so many times.

This week, it happened again. While I would have loved to bask in the glory of my accomplishment, my body served me with a big old piece of humble pie. A half marathon isn't half of anything. Respect the distance, my friends!

Weekly in review:
Monday: CrossFit
Tuesday: rest day
Wednesday: Run 3.2 miles, Yoga with Adriene
Thursday: Strength train, boot camp
Friday: rest day
Saturday: run 4 miles
Sunday: run 6 miles

Running
I didn't run until Wednesday. I planned for low mileage this week and set out to do any easy 3-4 to test out the legs. The legs didn't like it. During the race, I had some pain under my right knee cap as well as an achy left achilles. Within the first 5 minutes of my run, those issues returned. Ok fine. I switched to run/walk intervals, but by mile 3, I was done. Fatigued and in pain, I walked the last mile home and did some yoga, hoping to work out the kinks.

By Saturday, the legs were feeling much better. I had to work, so I was up and out the door early. I literally flew to the park so I could catch the sunrise. I'm glad I did because it didn't last long. The clouds rolled in and I finished an uneventful 4 miles. On Sunday, I woke up tired after a fun night out but eventually laced up and ran 6 on a local preserve trail. The preserve is under restoration and it was nice to see the progress they are making there. It's so peaceful and lovely!

CrossFit
Monday's WOD started out well. The strength portion of the workout was an EMOM with renegade rows alternating with strict presses. The MetCon was a 4*3*2*1 workout of rope climbs, squat cleans, and double under practice. We were split into groups and I was assigned to the white rope aka the slippery rope. This was an exercise in frustration and humility for me as I struggled with my rope climbs. After the first 2/4 climbs, I could not get a good grip on the rope. My feeling is that since that particular rope is so slippery, I'm going to have to use more upper body strength to pull myself up than I do on the other rope. I had no issues with the squat cleans, in fact, Sammy Jo kept adding weight to my bar. She talked with me about my frustration with the rope climbs, reminding me that I can't let it get to me.

Clockwise from top left: squat cleans (55#), banded ring dips, prowler push, battle ropes

Thursday's strength workout had me doing my favorite, the deadlifts. Sammy Jo had me do sets of 8 x 4 and I maxed at 135#! I alternated those with banded ring dips. I opted out of handstand holds to save something for bootcamp. Bootcamp was a really fun class with an EMOM of battle ropes, weighted wall sits, and prowler pushes, followed by a 3min on/1 min rest AMRAP of GHD sit-ups, thrusters, pullups, and burpees. I just love how it's different every week.

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