Gimme that Towel Back..

..as in, the towel I was ready to throw in on this whole 'working out while pregnant' thing.. That's right. I'm almost through week 2 of this back issue and I'm feeling a little better.. Not great yet, but better.. and hopeful.. I still haven't run yet, and honestly, I can tell my back/body isn't ready for that yet, so I haven't even been tempted.. Well, maybe tempted, but no part of me has thought it would be a good idea.. yet.. So this week, my usual 'sunrise runs' have been swapped out with some 'sunset walks'. Though I'd much rather run (ever noticed how slow walking is? it takes forever!), it hasn't been too bad. I've gotten to witness some truly amazing sunsets this week, and have even included all my guys in some walks! We went on a picnic to the park one night and after we ate, Mason rode his big wheel (which he finally fits well enough to ride.. but the back of the seat digs in to his poor back, so we have to rig it up with a towel for padding.. but at least he can ride it!) while Matt and I walked around the trail with him.. it's actually a decent trail with some ups and downs.. so not a bad spot to walk. Then when Mason tired of that, they went off to play and I walked another lap. I've been wearing a back/belly support band/brace thing this week when I'm being more active and I think that has helped quite a bit, but the pain still comes and goes even with walking.. at some points, I think "I feel strong and good and this feels OK", then moments later, I'm back to shooting pain.. So it's still up and down, but I'm definitely moving much better this week and have been more active without any major setbacks (so far.. fingers crossed I don't mess this up as I start to feel better.. don't jump the gun, Sara.. just wait it out). I've been going to crossfit, mostly out of habit and reluctance to give it up.. but my workouts have been very altered from what the rest have been doing.. Not that I mind changing things for pregnancy, but something about having to change it because of other pains.. I don't know.. it bugs me.. But I'm doing it and trying to be good. I may have broken my 'no weight lifting' mandate a few times, but all with the approval of the 'boss'.. (owner/trainer) and only doing things that, when done correctly, shouldn't strain my back.. But if it starts to hurt, we back off and come up with another option. I have been able to use the rower, which gives me a good alternative to all the running that I usually do. Can't say I enjoy it quite as much.. but it sure is a good workout! So I guess the rower and I will become pretty close buds over the next couple of weeks.. until my running is back. Again.. not ideal and not my favorite, but it's good to have options and to be able to switch things up.. just tough to watch everyone else sweating it out through great (aka: HARD, but I love it!) workouts while I just do my little watered down stuff. Just have to keep reminding myself that a) it's the smart/right thing for me right now, b)it's better for the baby, and c)it'll be better for me in the long run.. and the short run, too, I guess. So the plan for now is to keep on keeping on.. keep moving, but finding some different, less impact type things that won't hurt my back.. And shoulder.. Oh, yeah.. can't forget about that guy! I finally broke down and went to a chiropractor whom had been recommended to me by 2 completely separate sources, so I figured he must be good! Of coarse he works on backs, but I was also told that he was very knowledgable about shoulders, so had him take a look at that, too.. Turns out, I have very 'sloppy' rotator cuffs.. (thanks, gymnastics!) It's actually not a surprise to me.. I can't say that I've never had my shoulders tweak in and out of the socket a bit when I do pull-ups.. mostly only pull-ups, but I'm sure it's done it other times, too.. But usually it just goes back in and doesn't cause me any problems.. But this one is being stubborn. But now that the problem has been identified, I've got some exercises to do to tighten it up and, hopefully, that will put the socket back in it's spot and get me back to working properly there, too. As for the back.. he did some popping and crunching.. seems my dx there is 'typical pregnancy issues'.. So I'm not even special? c'mon.. how boring of me.. But again, seems like I have given identity to the issue and have a 'plan'.. which, I guess, is to keep getting popped and crunched til I'm back in line? Not sure.. I'm going back for more tomorrow, though, so we'll see how it goes. So far, after the popping, I will say that I seem to be walking/moving better, but still feeling pain.. So it's back to the ice (I had just switched to heat this week, thinking I had iced long enough and maybe needed to loosen up the muscles with heat.. but doc says no, back to ice.. Yes, sir!) and keep taking it easier until I'm sure that I'm back to normal. Also in place of the running, I've hopped back on my long-lost pal the eliptical. I can't even tell you how long it's been since I was on one of those.. I used it during my achilles/ankle issues back after my 1st Steelhead when I was training for Age Group Nationals.. and I used it back when I was pregnant with Mason.. But other than those short periods, since starting triathlon and running, I haven't been on the machine.. But it's not too bad.. for now.. Today I did the eliptical and a bit of the stair mill..got a good sweat in, while looking longingly out the window at the beautiful sunrise.. if I could take the machine out there, I think I might be OK.. maybe set one up on my back deck overlooking the water feature(pond/lake..whatever..it's man made, so I call it a water feature)? we'll see what I can work out..or maybe I'll just get healthy so I can start running again..sounds good. After a couple short, easy spins on the trainer..all of which gave me little to no hope that I had much more riding time left in this pregnancy, I finally got out to ride.. and it wasn't bad at all! I don't know what the deal is with the trainer, but my stomach cramps up pretty bad and just isn't a pleasant activity at all.. But riding.. other than a little muscle weakness/soreness in my low back/glutes that I can feel if I'm pushing up a hill.. it was lovely! And I can always just drop down in gears and spin out the hills to relieve the pain.. so looks like I still have some riding days left.. thank goodness! Swimming..is swimming.. Nothing too exciting there. Been pulling more to keep my back in line. No issues with my shoulder when I swim, which is good. Baby boy still doesn't love swimming, so I have about a 45min window of swim time before it just gets uncomfortable.. But...the outdoor pool opens this saturday!! Yay! Cannot wait. That indoor pool, though it does the trick and hasn't been too terribly hot.. it sure gets crowded and rough to enjoy a swim in there. So with all those long, luxury lanes in the outdoor pool..should make for some relaxing swimming.. Hope the little guy likes it! Not too much else going on here. Matt is going to go to his 1st..and I'll say probably his 'only' Indy 500 this sunday. Our neighbor had a ticket..in a box seat, or something? Not sure what the race track is like or what box seats there are? But anyway..they're going.. Not me, though. Still no desire. I hope to get a ride or 2 in, probably a swim or 2..some solo laps and some family time! Mason is about as excited about the outdoor pool (he calls it a 'beach'.. is that funny or sad.. I can't decide) as I am, so that should be fun. It's always cool to see how much he changes summer to summer.. you don't notice little day to day things as much, but there's a pretty clear difference from year to year on how Mason acts in the pool and what he can do, etc.. so I'm looking forward to that! A fun way to pass the summer time as we wait for our little one to be ready to join us. And that's it!

Injury week #1

Anyone else think its ridiculous to be injured while pregnant? Me, too.. But this is where I find myself.. I think I've done a good job of taking care of myself this week. Monday continued on my extreme lazy days. As much as I wanted to get out and MOVE, already! I could tell my back wasn't quite ready, so I called in to my TNT coaches to tell them I was out for any coaching this week, and I hunkered down for another day full of icing and rest. Tuesday am I was feeling like my walking was normal and my back felt good enough to try out a short, easy swim..so I went out to the Y and did just that. It went fine, but believe me when I say..this is SHORT and EASY stuff happening here. I mostly pulled, because that helps me keep good form with my back. Felt good to move again, then I was able to spend most of the rest of the day resting and icing some more, as I was also able to secure some subs for gymnastics classes this week to allow me to take a break from setting up the mats, spotting kids, and all of that stuff that goes along with teaching kids gymnastics. By Wednesday, I really wanted to do more, but again, I settled for an easy swim. In an unexpected side note to the day.. I was involved in a little accident on Wednesday morning, which was quite interesting. It actually should have been boring.. Nothing exciting about being rear ended at a stop light..except when they bugger off without stopping to do what we all know we should do..which is check the damage and exchange insurance info.. But I guess this gal didn't get that memo..and she buggered off. So I had to get her license plate info and call the police.. It really, really didn't have to be this big of a deal, but I knew there was damage done and I also knew it wasn't at all my fault. After checking things out, my bike rack was completely mangled, so much so that it was bent up far enough to push in to the back hatch of my car, causing some denting there, which will need to be fixed. So..what happened to the girl? Well, this is the unfortunate part, but she was actually in high school, so they found her car and called her to the office, took her out to her car to question her, etc..and then..she was arrested and..taken to jail.. I'm not happy about that, though I know it's what had to be done. But I'm human and I feel bad for her.. Oh, man, would I have been in so much trouble! So anyway..that was my Wednesday morning. Not much else went on that day, except I did ride a super easy 30 minute spin on my trainer, just to see how it would feel.. Not bad, but I think the tummy might be the bigger issue..really starting to get crowded up there and cramps up more.. Darn it all, but there may not be much riding left in this pregnancy. Thursday was another short trainer spin..easy gears and not pushing effort at all, just getting the body moving, blood flowing.. Then my 1st return to crossfit..hugely scaled crossfit.. Sticking to my 'no wt lifting' mandate, so it started with single leg step-ups, wall-balls, until I realized that a medicine ball is 'weight', so then I switched to just body wt squats, and burpees..which turned in to pike push-ups when those started to make me a little sore.. So not my best workout, but again.. I missed crossfit and it felt good to work those muscles a bit. Now it's Friday..another easy swim and a scaled crossfit workout. I actually did a completely different workout because the planned workout was all weight lifting, so I did rowing, pike push-ups, lunges, box dips, and straight leg kettle-bell dead lifts.. That last one might have broken my 'no wt' rule, but I used my new, fancy 'maternity belt' and made sure to keep good form..and so far so good on how my back is feeling. Actually, I'm feeling pretty good right now, because I had a really great, therapeutic massage today, at the suggestion of my neighbor, who has had a masseuse come to her house regularly for years to help with her chronic pain issues.. I gotta tell ya..it was pretty great. Not one of those 'listen to the music and let me rub your temples' kind of massages.. But more a 'I wanna make you cry' (I didn't, though not because he didn't do a great job.. I explained I'm more of a 'silent sufferer' vs the 'yell and scream' kind of folks) so tell me where it hurts and I'll work there til it's all better kind of thing. I won't say I'm Scott free here, but it definitely helped.. So there's hope for me yet! I plan to keep up this easy swim/easy spin stuff for at least another week..and we'll assess again from there. This weekend we're looking at some soccer for Mason..and I think that's about it. Sunday is TNT's practice race for our Elkhart folks, so that should be fun. I've enlisted Matt and Mason to come help with a water station for the run and Mason is PUMPED. He's already worked out some dialogue, which is something he likes to do these days..plan out what someone will say to him and how he will respond, etc..good to have a plan! Not that there's any chance the runners will stop and indulge him in this planned conversation of his..but I still think he's going to have a great time with it..and that's about all that's happening around here!

Walk before you run

Isn't it great when the most obvious, the most "I don't even want to say this because it's so obvious it'll just sound stupid" piece of advice is actually a big lightbulb moment for you? Last year when I had my knee scope deal and I kept asking my doc post-op about what activity can I do..surely I can swim..it's been 2 days? How about a 70mi bike ride..no? You see, I was still hobbling quite a bit with simple walking, despite my best efforts because I do not like to limp.. So my doc simply said what should have been obvious, but was ground breaking news to me "you should be able to walk normally before you worry about any exercise". Whoa. Why didn't I think of that? Pure genius. So that's the advice I'm trying to follow right now, which has left me with 2 of the most lazy days I can remember..but.. I'm starting to be able to walk and move much more normally now.. So I guess it's working. Good stuff! I just have to keep resisting all my urges to jump the gun and say all is well and dive right back in to things. I do think I'll be set to try an easy swim tomorrow.. So we'll start there and hope for the best! Just thought I'd pass along that wise piece of advice, because if it was earth shattering to me..chances are, my fellow athletes might find it to be just as insightful and helpful.. But if you are one step ahead of me and already knew that..well..good for you.. Either way, here's to being smart and getting healthy!

I'm an idiot..

..and now I can't walk.. Damnit!!#*%#*!! Ugh. So frustrating. Such a bummer. But I think I've gone through the stages of grieving..or at least as many as I can remember and am capable of..denial..big ol' CHECK on that one! Bargaining.. I figured I'd take 1 whole day off, a second day of just an easy swim and then I'll be good to go..right? Well, After a quick search on Methodist sports medicine page..I was on the right track..until the whole 'now I can run 8 miles' thing.. I was starting to feel pretty good yesterday. The swim felt fine. Massage was far from a 'cure-all', but it was relaxing and nice. I rolled and iced.. I was feeling good! Confident. Too confident, I suppose.. My plan was to just get out and run as long as my body would allow.. No distance goals..just get out and enjoy. Well, I had plenty of chances to bail at what would probably have been a more reasonable distance.. The pain was mild and dull, but I should have recognized that starting with 'mild' pain, likely meant I'd be heading to 'sharp' pain if I didn't wrap things up..quit while I was ahead.. That's what I should have done.. But no. Everything else felt so good! I know that makes no sense.. "so every step with your right foot hurts..at best 'mildly'..but you say this s good?".. But work with me. I suppose it's all relative..when you're used to pushing through discomforts..plantar fasciitis, constantly feeling like you need to pee(on account of the human inside you pushing on your bladder), nausea, ridiculously, abnormally out of breath..all of these things have kind of been the 'norm' for me, so when cardio-wise and everything else on me felt great..yes, a little dull pain in my back/hip did feel pretty good to me. Problem was, I should have quit way before I did. I should have been happy with a 3 or 4 mi run and called it a day.. But that wouldn't be me. Nope. Not the way I roll. I had to keep going and as the pain slowly got stronger, I was too far away to really do anything about it. I tried to keep on. Tried to keep my form in check. Thought maybe squeezing my butt a little, to keep my back from being too arched..and kind of 'pushing back' into the stride, vs just letting your foot 'fall' to the ground..maybe that would help? And it did..for a bit.. But the bottom dropped out and with about a mile left to get home, I had to slow to a walk..and a painful walk, at that. I did manage to 'run it in' at the end, but I had officially done it. I knew I screwed up. I knew it was my fault. So now what. I'm icing, of coarse. I did my research on what my next step should be, because I was all set to call the doc, head to PT, chiropractor..the works.. but. After doing a little light reading, sounds like I should just chill..at least for a week or 2, to see if things get better on their own. Since I don't think it was any specific injury, I think it's just some flared up BS and I need to give it a minute for things to get back to working order. So where does that bring me to in the stages of grief? Got mad..felt sorry for myself..now I accept that something is wrong and I sort of have a game plan.. The article I read recommended just a couple days off from the initial time of pain, but bed rest isn't actually the best thing for it (ahem..music to my stubborn ears), but that running isn't a good idea for at least a couple of weeks.. But, lucky for me, swimming and cycling are both on the a-ok list..so I guess that's what I'll be doing more of for a bit. Plan..no running or lifting for 2 weeks..then re-asses to see if I need another week or two off, or if I'm set to ease (that's 'ease', fool..as in a short run, fool.. Not 8 miles...fool) back in. I'll ice and rest until I can stand up and move without complete discomfort, when I can do that (hoping in the next day or 2..or 3), then I will swim and bike and scale crossfit stuff to be no weight lifting.. Just body weight stuff..sound good? I'm super bummed and mostly pissed at myself for being an idiot and setting myself back like this, but I did it.. All me.. All by myself.. So now I need to be a big girl and take care of myself. I'm already looking forward to that first, pain-free run that I know is waiting for me.. But until then, strict orders from yours truly to stop being such an idiot!!

Falling apart

I'm feeling like the wheels are falling off my pregnancy train, here.. All of a sudden, my body is deciding it's not ok with what I've been doing? C'mon, man..work with me! I'm not sure that I can really pinpoint one thing that has caused me pain..it started with that shoulder thing, which is still an issue, despite my continued efforts to ice and roll (foam roller and lacrosse ball roll/stretch) the problem away.. It's ok for the most part, but still gives me pain when I try to do any bar-hanging things..pull-ups and such.. Which, I know.. I could make it safely through pregnancy without doing another pull-up, but wouldn't that be a bummer? Then, this week, my back decided to throw in the towel on this whole thing.. Again, not sure what to blame it on.. Pregnancy hormones &/or posture/form change, the hang squat cleans I did on Tuesday at crossfit..but the weight was manageable and I didn't squat too low, as recommended on crossfitmom.com..or spotting kids on bars at gymnastics tues night.. Or running.. Probably a combo of all of that, but MAN does it hurt right now. I actually had to scale back my workout pretty significantly at crossfit on Wednesday.. I ran a few miles that morning, before really realizing that things were hurting. I did the run just fine with just a little discomfort, but I think since then, things have gone downhill. I've stretched and rolled and iced every chance I get, but I just can't seem to get any relief. I did go on my bike ride Wednesday night, and that actually felt pretty good, but I decided to take today totally off from all exercise.. Of coarse house cleaning still had to be done.. And coaching still had to happen.. I'm hoping to swim tomorrow morning and really want to run a couple, too.. But we'll see how I feel after the swim. Anyway, I guess that's my pity party. I'm getting a massage tomorrow and might check in with a PT or something next week to see what can be done to straighten this thing out. I'm still hopeful that a few lighter, easy days and my massage will get me all worked out.. We'll see! Let's see.. Ending this on a positive note.. Let's pull it together, here.. I got to show Mason that his baby brother is kicking and moving around in my belly today..he was very excited about it all.. We put his toy bus on my belly and watched it move around, then Mason would smile and hug my belly and say "he's so cute". So that was fun. The positive side of all that's going on with pregnant ol' me right now. Here's hoping this is the last downer of a post!

Baby BOY has a 30 mi limit.. and SUPER MOON!!

I'll start with the exciting news of the week, which is that I FINALLY got to SEE what was going on inside of my belly.. after 20+ wks of this sort of abstract knowing that there's a baby in my belly, but still never seeing it.. It was SO great to finally see the little one and to see that all was well and growing properly and all of that. AND, since I'm too impatient to wait the whole 40wks to find out whether it's a boy or a girl in there (I really don't know how people do it.. the whole waiting 'til delivery to find out? I wish we could find out immediately, but I guess the 1/2 way point is good enough).. the main excitement of the appointment was to see.. it's a BOY!! Even though I always shy away from saying that I 'know' or 'feel' what it is before finding out (fear of being wrong.. feels like it would be the 1st sign of being a bad mom.. even though I know that makes no sense..it's where my mind goes with all of that), I will say that I would have been shocked if they had said it was a girl.. when they said it was a boy, it just felt more like a confirmation than a revelation (if that makes sense..). But can we talk for a minute? Are we in the trust tree? I was kind of nervous for this US/gender revelation..not because I thought there was something wrong, but because.. I guess that 'gut feeling'.. I kinda knew that it was going to show that it was a boy.. and though I'm 100% great with that and might even slightly prefer that (just due to mild fear of the unknown.. and I know nothing of raising a girl), I felt like so many people were hoping for a girl. It's like if you have a boy and you're pregnant again, people just assume that you want a girl.. Now, I have nothing against girls.. heck, I have 30+yrs experience AS a girl.. But I'm not sure I was meant to be a 'girl mom' (again.. if that makes any sense). And sometimes things just happen the way they are supposed to happen.. ya know? So I felt like I was going to let people down after it was official that I was carrying baby boy #2.. Hopefully that's just something I was subconsciously putting on myself, for some reason, and not an actual thing that was happening.. But anyway, that's how I felt. BUT. We are super excited to KNOW..finally..no more guessing or wondering.. we are officially 'game on' with a baby brother for Mason.. Who, by the way, I'm not sure if I mentioned on here, but Mason had been hoping for a girl and had been just certain that it was a girl.. so when the U/S tech said it was a boy and we explained it to him, he did have a minute of 'I thought it was a girl', but then quickly added that he was 'still happy' and he's looking forward to being 'friends' with him, which, of coarse, sounds fantastic to me! I kind of can't wait to see them grow up together. I think it'll be pretty great! So that's that.. baby BOY Blunck #2 is on the way! And speaking of said baby Boy.. he has issued a 30mi cutoff for riding these days. It's like clock work.. I'll be riding along just fine (aside from last weeks meltdown on the early hill.. I did pull it together and felt pretty good right up 'til the end, which looking back.. was at about the 30mi mark).. then BAM.. pukey. stomach cramps. just OVER it all.. So I read ya loud and clear, little guy.. 30mi limit it is.. We had a nice hilly ride today and I handled the hills just fine, felt great.. until mi 30.. I'm OK with 30. Let's see how much longer that keeps up.. If I can keep going 30mi until 30wks? That would be pretty decent, I think.. We'll see.. So just 2 rides this week for about 55 total miles.. Nothing spectacular, except that after winter joined us last weekend, summer decided to barge right in this week, so heat might start to be an issue.. we'll see.. Heat has definitely decided for me that if I don't run by sunrise.. it ain't happening.. Any running I do after about 7am is just an exercise in futility (I don't know if that's proper word usage or phrasing, but I feel like I say it a lot.. in my head.. so I've never had anyone confirm the truthiness of it (I KNOW that's a word.. no need to look it up.. right G Dub?).. so just go with it), but that's fine with me. I prefer early running anyway and now that the heat seems to have settled in a bit, it's all good with me! In fact, I've even had some company for those early pre-dawn runs these past few days.. Mom of the Yr Award Committee.. get ready to send another one this way, because guess who has had her 3yr old in the stroller before 6am?? Yup. But I promise it was only at his request!! You see.. I was getting up to go for a run one morning and Mason had snuggled in between us an hr or so earlier, as he sometimes does.. He woke up a bit when I was getting ready and he declared that he wanted to run with me "with the moon and the stars". I told him it was too dark and dangerous and he couldn't come..blah, blah..important mom stuff.. He was very upset. I told him I would come back for him just before the sun comes up/moon goes down.. perfect compromise.. Except the sun came up sooner than I had expected and the moon and stars were long gone by the time I returned for him. Complete devastation. So I promised him we would try again tomorrow. So like any good, promise keeping mom would, I woke my son up at about 5:40 to go get in the stroller and go for a run.. BLAST! Cloudy!! Moon and stars were nowhere to be seen. I think we claimed a couple of airplanes as stars, but all in all, it was a bust. "We'll try again on saturday".. wake up early, look outside.. FOG!! Double Blast!! I explained to him that it was too foggy and the stars and moon were hidden again, so we would just try again tomorrow.. Turned out, saturday was a super sick day for me, so despite my plans to run/swim/crossfit.. I wound up taking a rest day.. which turned in to me eating crackers in the fetal position most of the day (isn't pregnancy just an absolute miracle?..this one's been tough). So anyway, word on the street was that a SUPER MOON was on the dance card for saturday night/sunday morning.. Perfect! 'Twas super indeed.. if by 'super' you mean 'very bright'. I didn't notice much else different about it.. but we 'got that moon' (had become our phrase over this past week.. we finally got it!), saw some stars, then even saw the sun peek up and the 'super moon' kinda turned pink. Success! I'll stop waking my son up at 5:30 for runs now.. unless he asks again! So I got my 20mi of running in for the week.. Mostly pretty good miles.. though a lot of them were spent looking for the moon.. And the 1 run I tried to do mid-am was pretty brutal.. AND I was attacked by butterflies.. Message received, beautiful insects.. early am it is. Swimming.. kind of a bust this week. Just did 1 swim on tuesday. Had intentions of swimming on friday and saturday, but between being tired and with my shoulder soreness (from those bench presses/pull-ups last week).. I just wasn't motivated to go. Oh, well.. I'll get back at it this week. My shoulder feels pretty decent. I've been rolling it on the lacrosse ball (learned that one from crossfit, if you've never done it.. try it.. hurts so good! Kinda like foam rolling, but more concentrated) and icing and things like that. Just trying to prevent any real injuries, ya know. Smart, yes? Crossfit this week.. pretty good, I think. Can't think of anything too exciting that jumps out at me from this weeks workouts, but it was good. I might have 'over done' on friday because I did a crossfit run workout as a part of my am run (800m 'fast', 400m backwards, 800m 'fast', 400m backwards.. took me about 14min.. 8min/mi forward and 12min/mi backwards.. burns the legs pretty good on those backwards sections).. then went to do the workout and it was kind of 2 workouts in 1.. not too bad.. But then I went back again later because they were doing a fundraiser to raise $ to help out the family of a gal that goes to our gym and had a pretty bad car accident a few wks ago.. she's still in a coma, from what I last heard.. I guess stable, but the biggest issue seems to be the bleeding going on in her brain. She is a single mom of a 9yr old boy, whose father passed away in Afghanistan (?..not 100% sure of the location, but I believe he was in the military and over doing some part of the war efforts), so he really, really needs his mom to get better.. So the good folks of JoCo CrossFit did the only thing we could think to do, which was raise $ through workouts and baked goods to help with medical costs and whatever else the family needs.. I think the event went pretty well. I made cookies and cake balls to sell.. and figured I might as well do the workout, since I was down there and all.. The 'adult' workout (they had a kids workout, too.. Mason did 4 whole minutes of it (out of 8) and it was pretty hilarious to watch.. he always wants to do the workouts with me, so this was his dream come true! He kept talking about how he was tired from his workout later that night and on through the next day) was called 'Randy', which was chosen because it was Angee's (gal in the accident) 1st workout that she did 'as prescribed'..(meaning.. using the set wts, movements, etc..) It's 75 snatches at 55#, which is a light wt for me, but my darn 'grippers' (forearms) definitely get sore after about 20 or 30 of those.. But anyway, it took me 5:50 something.. But after all of that, the 'pukies' started, couldn't really eat that night, stomach was hurting a bit.. So hard to know what's going to put me over the edge, you know? I mean.. if you look at those workouts.. a 4mi run with some short sprint/backward stuff, about 20min maybe for the am crossfit stuff and then under 6min workout in the evening? Doesn't sound too bad.. But if I had to guess, I'd say maybe it was too much for right now.. kicked off my lovely saturday of fetal position.. Ooops! Oh, well.. what can ya do. At least I was able to gather together those facts and opt not to do the workouts on saturday.. progress, right? You're welcome, little guy.. I'm trying to pick up what you're throwing down in there.. I think that's all I have to say about that!