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I love lamb

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(Any movie nerds get it? My girl KJ would have gotten it in a snap… explanation below…)

Remember the other day how I made Moroccan Meatballs? I made them with lamb and they are mega delicious. So delicious that they are all gone and I will be making another batch tonight, only sadly, with beef because I’m out of lamb. Nom nom nom. If I remember to take a picture before I stuff the balls in my face (heh, I crack myself up) I’ll post it later.

Last night’s CrossFit class was a bit rough. My forearms are crispy. Thank you bigbrnz.com for that term.

1RM OHS (15mins to establish) – 65 lbs (not really my 1 rep max though, my partner was slow so didn’t really get a good run at this)

WOD (14minute cap):
50 Double Unders

5 Rounds
10 KB Snatch + Lunge; 12kg (8kg instead because we ran out of 12kg bells)
5 Chest to Bar Pullups (I did unassisted pull ups)
10 Thrusters (8kg, see above)

50 Double Unders

I am mad about the double unders. I suck at these. I did 10 d/u in the first set, then completed the rest as single skips and in the second set, I did 25 d/u before time was up. Tetz finished this workout, Rx, in 11mins flat. What killed me was the damn skipping. Grrr.
In brighter news, I’m pumped because I did unassisted (no bands) pull ups and managed to kip a couple! Progress!

Tonight… the dreaded wallballs. Thank you 13.3.

I love lamb

Paleo-ish suppa

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ME had yummy chicken fajitas ready for supper when I got home from CrossFit (full disclosure, I had two shells and a wee bit of cheese) and I stepped up my game too. I made peach and apple crisp, completely Paleo friendly! Lesson learned though: cherries instead of apples.

(full, full disclosure : I’m having a beer too.)

Guess what I did tonight.

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And then, I climbed that f-cker two more times.
Rope ‘hay’ covering my legs.

 

I’ve been dying to try a rope climb since hearing about @Wardy_ and @Keilshammer and @bigbrnz working on rope climbs so frequently (it seems) at their box. Whelp, tonight my wish came true! Thank you @k_tetz for hinting at Andie. She totally has pull.

Tonight’s CrossFit class was:
• one rep max front squat – I got a at PR 135 lbs!
• four rounds (2mins each rnd) 
   ~ 1 rope climb
   ~ 10 push ups
   ~ max effort burpees for the remaining time
   Then: 1 minute rest
I didn’t finish my last rope climb, got about halfway and was so fatigued I was worried about falling so I came down. I did 35 burpees in total.
Then when I got home I got an early birthday present: 007 Jack. 
Thank you Babies!! 
 

Fuck yeah.

(update: I also got an assist at hockey last night. Pretty much the best night of March 2013.)

Happy 2013 Haiku

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I’m back to work today, the first work day of 2013.

Surprisingly, I’m focused and motivated for just coming off vacation. However, I have had a couple moments of wistfully staring out the window so, I bring you this Haiku.

Oh,  to be free as
A bushy gray tree squirrel,
Pissing from a branch.

Happy New Year!

Santa Pursuit 5K

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December 1st I begrudgingly ran a 5K in a Santa suit that was way too big for me. Getting dressed, I felt like a complete dolt but in the end, there were 1100 people all dressed the exact same way so there was certainly safety in numbers. 
I’m out of shape and not running at all right now so my time was not awesome, in fact one of my slowest 5K times in recent memory: 28:38. Still good enough for 18th in my age group out of 56 runners.
The first half of the race was pretty busy and slow. After the halfway mark, runners were getting strung out a bit more so we could pick up the pace. The second half I felt pretty good and tried to continue to pick up the  pace. I think I succeeded since I had the Santa dry-heaves at the finish line. 
Ho. Ho. Ho.