The recommended schedule at Crossfit is to take a “rest day” after every 3 workout days. I usually go Mon-Wed and take Thurs off.
As I was getting ready to leave the office, I told Michelle, a co-worker that I was going to take a rest day from Crossfit and maybe take a spin around Northpark before going home.
So I make it to the parking garage attached to my office and notice my Nike gym bag in the backseat of the car.
Nope. It’s a rest day.
So I am driving down Royal in the direction of Northpark and I start thinking about the WOD: run 600m, 30 glute-ham stitups and 30 glute-ham extensions.
Ordinarily, I would have no problem excusing myself from this WOD even if it wasn’t my “rest day”…I hate to run. In fact, my biggest challenges at Crossfit always involve running or some other cardio-intense activitiy (rowing, burpees, etc.). Also, it doesn’t help that I am THE slowest runner in the whole gym. Always.
The more I tell myself how bad 600m x 4 is going to be in the rain, it becomes increasingly apparent that I cannot skip this WOD. Not this WOD.
So I did it. In the rain…OK, it wasn’t really rain, but it was still very humid.
Once again, my time was way slower than anyone else (24:20), but I was just happy to get it done.
I left the Nike bag at home today.
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3 comments:
Nice, Howard! I was tempted to go, too, but I made myself take a rest day. Looking forward to making this one up on Sunday. :) What is the route for 600m? I'm glad/disappointed that today is a lifting day...I suppose I should be happy it's not something like burpee Fran, right? Hope you have a good weekend! I can't go tomorrow because I'm in staff development all day (whee). See you later!
The 600m route was down Dyer, right at the railroad tracks, then take the first right down that creepy alley (instead of going all the way down to take the next right that we use for the 800m route). Creepy alley was especially creepy last night -- and it was like an obstacle course trying to avoid all the puddles.
Don't be talkin' smack about Burpee Fran. I luvs me some Burpee Fran!
See you Sunday.
Haha, I wasn't dissing, just respecting! :P Yikes, creepy alley, eh? Faith and I are going to run it on Sunday after we do clean & jerks (making up two in one go). Push presses were fun today, and the warm-up/dessert were both rather enjoyable. :) We did tire flips/jumps and raced each other. See ya Sunday.
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