the pain diaries: Day 363...rAiNy dAy fUn...

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Day 363...rAiNy dAy fUn...

HERE'S TODAY'S "CREW" AFTER THE WORKOUT. AND NO...WE WEREN'T THAT SWEATY...WE WERE OUT IN THE RAIN FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WORKOUT.

This morning we had a lot of fun up at CrossFit Mansfield. J and I invited everyone up to do a "team" workout. He had warned me that we would be outside in the beginning whether it rained or not...and it did. We had a good turnout...12 people including me and J. We broke it up into two teams of 6. First, each of us had to drag an old fire hose from the street to the dumpster. Then at the dumpster, the same person had to "reel" the hose back in and then take off on a 400 M run. Each member of both teams had to complete that first phase before moving on to the second phase. It was slick and rainy, but also fun.

Next we moved inside to do weighted step ups and D-ball slams. Each team had to do 300 step ups and 200 slams...split up any way we wanted...men held a 30 lb dumbbell in each hand for the step ups and women held 20 lb dumbbells...the D-balls varied in weight from 16 to 25 lbs. It was just a mass of all of us doing our "part" at the same times...some stepping up on the big tire...some on boxes..while others were slamming balls.

The last part was a 3000 M Row to be completed by the entire team. Both teams just split it up and each member rowed 500 M. 500 M only takes between 1:45 and 2:15 depending on the person. It was a BRUTAL 2 minutes...for EVERY one of us. We all wanted to help our respective teams...so it was all out...holding NOTHING back. About halfway through the pain would set in and it was a fight to keep going at the original pace. I thought I was gonna fall off the rower when I had 30 seconds left. All I could think was, "I CAN'T stop! I WORK here."...so I didn't...and I was hurtin when I was through. We all cheered each other on. Even when our team finished, we cheered our friends on the other team on. That's the incredible thing about CrossFit. We all share in each other's pain. We all want to win, and still we cheer on our "opponents". It's about camaraderie.

And when all was said and done...when everyone was laid out on the ground recovering...it didn't matter who won or lost. We worked as teams. We encouraged and pushed each other. We helped each other go a little further...or a little faster...than we thought we could go.

I'm exhausted and haven't felt very good since I got home. I can't seem to shake my headache or the dull nausea in my belly, but I wouldn't do a thing differently. I had a great time with great people!

WARM UP
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20 JUMPING JACKS
20 MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
10 BURPEES
10 ARM CIRCLES FORWARD/BACK
SAMSON STRETCH

WORKOUT
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CARDIO
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INCLUDED

........................FUTURE "CROSSFITTERS"...........................

2 comments:

Shorty said...: What a workout! I was so glad to be part of it...even though I freakin' hate that fire hose! Great to see you, M!
Have a great day,
K; September 15, 2008 at 9:00 AM
MC said...: It was great to see you too! You did a great job, and you handled that fire hose just fine!

-M; September 15, 2008 at 9:07 AM

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..............WHY?...............

This is my training log...my "workout diary" if you will. It is mostly for ME, but if it motivates someone else, that's great too! I write everday as a way of being accountable to myself. It's a way to track my progress, correct my mistakes, and a way to look back and view my day to day struggle to continue to work towards being the best possible version of myself. Sometimes, I am tired or lonely or unmotivated. Sometimes, I am "powerful beyond measure". Sometimes it is fun...easy. Other times, it is almost unbearable. I use to have my trainers to push me...but NOW I am on my own.

QUOTES THAT INSPIRE ME TO PUSH HARDER...GO FASTER...AND TRAIN LONGER

"SOME DEFINE OBSESSION AS NEGATIVE. I SAY IT'S HOW YOU GET THINGS DONE."

-MARK TWIGHT

"PAIN IS TEMPORARY. IT MAY LAST A MINUTE, OR AN HOUR, OR A DAY, OR A YEAR, BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL SUBSIDE AND SOMETHING ELSE TAKES IT'S PLACE. IF I QUIT HOWEVER, IT LASTS FOREVER."

-LANCE ARMSTRONG

"TO BE TRANSFORMED BY EFFORT, ONE MUST DIG DEEP...SURPASS ONE'S EXPECTATIONS OR SELF-IMPOSED LIMITATIONS...RISK FAILURE...BLOW UP, AND 'GET THE FULL DOSE'...IT ALWAYS HURTS YOU GO AS HARD AS YOU CAN."

-MARK TWIGHT-"GYM JONES" WEBSITE

"TO GIVE ANYTHING LESS THAN YOUR BEST IS TO SACRIFICE THE GIFT."

-STEVE PREFONTAINE

“PUNISH YOUR BODY TO PERFECT YOUR SOUL.”

-MARK TWIGHT

“ONLY THOSE WHO WILL RISK GOING TOO FAR CAN POSSIBLY FIND OUT HOW FAR ONE CAN GO.”

-T.S. ELIOTT

"THE BENEFITS OF FITNESS ARE NOT MERELY PHYSICAL. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A SERIES OF DIFFICULT, SHORT-DURATION, HIGH INTENSITY EFFORTS BUILDS SELF-ASSUREDNESS IN A WAY THAT VERY FEW OTHER ACTIVITIES CAN. TOUGH WORKOUTS THAT PUSH AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE VERY LIMIT OF HIS OR HER CAPACITIES MAY BECOME THE GATEWAY TO HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS. AND THAT AWARENESS OFTEN LEADS TO CONFIDENCE."

-MARK TWIGHT

"WHEN A PERSON TRAINS ONCE, NOTHING HAPPENS. WHEN A PERSON FORCES HIMSELF TO DO A THING A HUNDRED OR A THOUSAND TIMES, THEN HE CERTAINLY HAS DEVELOPED IN MORE WAYS THAN PHYSICAL. IS IT RAINING? THAT DOESN'T MATTER. AM I TIRED? THAT DOESN'T MATTER EITHER. THEN WILLPOWER WILL BE NO PROBLEM"

-EMIL ZATOPEK

"GIVE IT EVERYTHING AND LET THE CHIPS...OR WHATEVER...FALL WHERE THEY MAY. IT WON'T EVER GET EASIER, BUT YOU MIGHT GO FASTER, OR LAST LONGER."

-MARK TWIGHT

“A LOT OF PEOPLE RUN A RACE TO SEE WHO IS FASTEST. I RUN TO SEE WHO HAS THE MOST GUTS WHO CAN PUNISH HIMSELF INTO EXHAUSTING PACE, AND THEN AT THE END, PUNISH HIMSELF EVEN MORE. NOBODY IS GOING TO WIN A 5,000METER RACE AFTER RUNNING AN EASY 2 MILES. NOT WITH ME. IF I LOSE FORCING THE PACE ALL THE WAY, WELL, AT LEAST I CAN LIVE WITH MYSELF.“

-STEVE PREFONTAINE

“SUFFERING PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE WILL AND DEVELOP GRIT… THE MIND AND BODY ADAPT TO BOTH COMFORT AND DEPRIVATION… RELISH THE CHALLENGE OF OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES THAT WOULD CRUSH ORDINARY MEN... LEARN TO SUFFER.”

-MARK TWIGHT – excerpts from "Extreme Alpinism - Climbing Light, Fast and High"

“SOMETIMES IF YOU WANT TO BE A WINNER, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO BEAR THE SCARS FROM THE FIGHT.”

-PETRA SALVAJE

'EACH OF US GIVES WHAT WE ARE ABLE AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WILLING TO GIVE TO LIFE. HOW WE REACT WHEN OUR CAPACITY AND WILL FALL SHORT OF OUR EXPECTATIONS DETERMINES HOW WE VIEW OURSELVES...".

-MARK TWIGHT~"GYM JONES" website