After five grueling weeks, the CrossFit Open 2020 has come to a close. CrossFitters everywhere breath a collective sigh of relief, pop some Aspirin, lick their wounds, and return to workouts that are not 20 minutes of sanity-testing effort. As we all return to more reasonable forms of torture and exhaustion, most of us will reflect on skills that could be improved and lifts that we’d like to hit over the next year. … Read the rest
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Weekly Recap 11.3.19 – My Set Back
This week was not good to me. It started off nice and unassuming enough, but by Tuesday everything pretty much went downhill. Reflecting on this week, I am so thankful for health insurance and the fact that I have a relationship with an amazing chiropractor. … Read the rest
20.5 & Why I Said Nope
This was not a particularly great fitness week for me. On Tuesday, I began having what felt like very strong and random back spasms that sent me to urgent care, begging for some form of relief. I hadn’t injured anything, hadn’t pulled anything, and honestly couldn’t pinpoint what was going on, other than all of the muscles in my mid-back were exceptionally displeased. … Read the rest
Weekly Recap 10.27.19
This was a pretty tough week for me. I hit just under 60 miles, and my CrossFit WODs felt challenging, especially the 20.4 WOD. By the end of the week, my legs were a level of trashed I didn’t know existed as an adult. … Read the rest
20.4 (Where I Learned Pistols Are From Satan)
Thursday night, after Trick or Treating with my boys, I decided to do a quick CrossFit check, to see what sort of treat I was in for on Friday. This was the first Open WOD that had me psychotically laughing. The idea of pistol squats after 90 box jumps is the definition of psychotic. … Read the rest
Weekly Recap 10.20.19
This week was a mostly good week. I didn’t have to travel at all. The weather was nice and cool for most of the week. I went out and did non-running stuff over the weekend, which feels much more manageable when my long run is under a half-marathon distance.… Read the rest
20.3 & The Dumb Mistake I Won’t Make Twice
Every year during the open, at least one workout is a repeat from a previous year. Each time the repeat WOD is announced, CrossFitters everywhere let out a collective groan. We remember the pain, and pray for evidence that we have grown stronger since we the first time we experienced whatever hellacious WOD we are about to repeat. … Read the rest
Weekly Recap 10.13.19
This was another week of travel for me, which adds a layer of difficulty. Thankfully, I was in Austin, and there’s no excuse to be lazy in that city. I finished out the week with three WODs and just over 50 miles of running. … Read the rest
Weekly Recap 10.6.19
I want to do a recap of my week as a way of tracking my own progress, and hopefully giving a peek into how I make all the things I am interested work.
This Weeks Workouts
How the Runs Felt
Most of my runs felt pretty great this week. … Read the rest
20.1
Every year since 2009, CrossFitters around the world have had the unique opportunity to compete with one another and their favorite professional CrossFit athletes during the CrossFit Open. To explain the Open, I have to back up a little bit to the first Crossfit Games, held in 2007.… Read the rest