I've just been chilling and enjoying summer.
Most of my days are filled with crossfit, work, crossfit, family, and then time with friends. This weekend was a little different because almost all of my anchorage friends went out of town for memorial weekend. Normally that would've been fine. I would have went with them but this weekend I was house sitting. House sitting for someone with dogs. I couldn't just feed them extra and then leave them outside. I'm being paid for this. These dogs and every other dog deserves more than that. So i stayed in town for the weekend.
The highlight of my weekend is a toss up between two occurrences. One is a secret so I won't say but the other was Sunday's crossfit workout. My gym, like many other crossfit gyms in the US ran "Murph" A brutal workout to honor fallen soldiers.
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Run 1 mile, 300 air squats, 200 push ups, 100 pull ups, run another mile. partition as needed and wear a vest if you can do all of the above and think you can do it with a 20lb vest.
I ran it as prescribed without a vest. rx pull ups with a vest would be near impossible for me. But hey! maybe next year!
The first mile was sweet. I ran it in 8 min 17 seconds. Not bad for a crossfitter who prefers to lift heavy stuff. I came in. chalked up and got to work. 20 rounds of 5 pull ups, 10 push ups, and 15 air squats was the name of my game. This is what separates the men from the boys. Will you work when you think you cant? will you cheer on your team when you're choaking on your own spit? will run when you want to walk. Will you hold on to that bar even when it hurts? Will you be a man or a boy? Will you understand that everyone doing this workout is a hero? will you understand that to be someones hero someone does not have to be your hero. Will you understand that sometimes a workout is not just a work out and sometimes its a test of your will power and heart. Sometimes we work out for others. Murph is a beautiful things. I brings most of the crossfitters in the US together for a community ass kicking. It honors those who have worked for us and allows us to give just a tiny bit back to them and their families.
After the workout we had a little potluck in the crossfit gym. Great food, great company, and a day complete and all before 1pm.
The rest of the weekend was mediocre at best. I'm high maintenance. I get bored realllly quick. I need to be entertained. I thrive off of human interaction. Most of my humans were gone soooo I wasn't thriving. the day went on and I was still bored. I thought about going on a run.. I started running and i decided I'd rather walk.. so i did. the problem is that when im bored i turn to friends or exercise. I already did both of those things that day.. My friends were gone and I already got my butt kicked at crossfit. I had nothing to do. those were my only options. I need more options. I should find a hobby that i can do when my friends are gone and my muscles have already been worked.. Any suggestions? I'm trying not to over exercise like i have in the past. but right now.. thats all I know.
helpppp meeeee.
