Embrace the Suck
Today's workout was one of those workouts that makes you question why in the hell you are doing this in the first place. I mean, really. This workout sucked. It was hard. Really, really hard.
But, it's not like I didn't know it would be hard. As soon as it showed up on CrossFit.com last Sunday, I wanted to do it. Why? I knew it would be hard. I hate rowing. I am starting to sort of like burpees, and I love to run. So, what could be better than:
3 Rounds for time of:
500m Row (at least it's first so I can get it over with)
21 Burpees (no, not 20. 21)
400m Run (collapsing on the floor after a run is much easier than after a row)
I was nervous. I was thinking about it when I was trying to fall asleep on Friday night. This morning, I had to work at 5:30 a.m., but then I traded someone shifts so I got off work at 11, in time to do the WOD in the "heat" of the day, at noon. (Incidentally, I have to go back to work at 5 p.m. to close the restaurant. Yay.) As soon as I realized I was going to get to do the WOD a few hours earlier than I thought, I got really nervous.
I was extremely hungry this morning, too. I ate both of my meals before 10 a.m., and was starving by noon. I suppose for this WOD it's better than being too full. I think it might have something to do with what I ate yesterday. More on that later.
Warm-Up
500m Row
21 Burpees
400m Run
17:18
Sweet.
My goal was under 17. My first row felt good, and I'm pretty sure it's the fastest row I've ever done as part of a WOD. I slowed down in the second row, and then even more in the third. I had my eyes closed for most of them, but I know they were slower. Wasn't "with it" enough to get split times. I wouldn't have been as fast without Justin yelling at me. I wanted to muster a "shut the fuck up" but couldn't find the breath or the energy.
My hope was to do the burpees all in a row, but that wouldn't happen. I ended up doing sets of about 3 for the most part. I did my first 7 in a row on the last set. I might have had some counting issues and did some extra burpees. My brother, Justin, thought I was done, but I thought I had 3 more, so I did 3 more.
The run was good. I am fairly sure that the third run was my fastest. Couldn't wait to be done. Justin was giving me split times, which I'm not sure I liked to have, but it definitely made me run faster the last run, hoping for under 17 minutes. So close. Well, sort of.
Okay, so, food yesterday. I was going to post yesterday, but I splurged on a flourless chocolate cake. It's from the Cafe I work at, so I could get the nutrition facts easily, but had to wait until this morning. Other than that, I had a good eating day. As it turns out, the cake isn't as bad as I thought. It's got almonds and hazlenuts in it, and not a lot of sugar.
1 slice of heavenly flourless chocolate cake:
I am wondering if my excessive hunger is due to my sugar splurge last night. Or, if the heavy lifting and lower calories is kind of catching up to me. I just ate my lunch. I'm not sure if I am going to make it through the day with only 1 more meal (and 3 lousy ounces of steak!)
And, I just realized I forgot to do my gymnastic work today. I think I'll go practice HSPU. I got my first HSPU the other day. I got 2 of them! I need to get more. "Diane" here I come!
And, for your viewing pleasure, here is a video of my awesome boyfriend picking up 500#. Incredible. He only weighs 180#!
But, it's not like I didn't know it would be hard. As soon as it showed up on CrossFit.com last Sunday, I wanted to do it. Why? I knew it would be hard. I hate rowing. I am starting to sort of like burpees, and I love to run. So, what could be better than:
3 Rounds for time of:
500m Row (at least it's first so I can get it over with)
21 Burpees (no, not 20. 21)
400m Run (collapsing on the floor after a run is much easier than after a row)
I was nervous. I was thinking about it when I was trying to fall asleep on Friday night. This morning, I had to work at 5:30 a.m., but then I traded someone shifts so I got off work at 11, in time to do the WOD in the "heat" of the day, at noon. (Incidentally, I have to go back to work at 5 p.m. to close the restaurant. Yay.) As soon as I realized I was going to get to do the WOD a few hours earlier than I thought, I got really nervous.
I was extremely hungry this morning, too. I ate both of my meals before 10 a.m., and was starving by noon. I suppose for this WOD it's better than being too full. I think it might have something to do with what I ate yesterday. More on that later.
Warm-Up
- A gazillion Overhead Squats with a PVC
- Some pullups - gymnastics kip with a band
- A few situps
- A couple of pushups, and burpees
- Brief running drills
500m Row
21 Burpees
400m Run
17:18
Sweet.
My goal was under 17. My first row felt good, and I'm pretty sure it's the fastest row I've ever done as part of a WOD. I slowed down in the second row, and then even more in the third. I had my eyes closed for most of them, but I know they were slower. Wasn't "with it" enough to get split times. I wouldn't have been as fast without Justin yelling at me. I wanted to muster a "shut the fuck up" but couldn't find the breath or the energy.
My hope was to do the burpees all in a row, but that wouldn't happen. I ended up doing sets of about 3 for the most part. I did my first 7 in a row on the last set. I might have had some counting issues and did some extra burpees. My brother, Justin, thought I was done, but I thought I had 3 more, so I did 3 more.
The run was good. I am fairly sure that the third run was my fastest. Couldn't wait to be done. Justin was giving me split times, which I'm not sure I liked to have, but it definitely made me run faster the last run, hoping for under 17 minutes. So close. Well, sort of.
Okay, so, food yesterday. I was going to post yesterday, but I splurged on a flourless chocolate cake. It's from the Cafe I work at, so I could get the nutrition facts easily, but had to wait until this morning. Other than that, I had a good eating day. As it turns out, the cake isn't as bad as I thought. It's got almonds and hazlenuts in it, and not a lot of sugar.
1 slice of heavenly flourless chocolate cake:
- Calories: 355
- Protein: 8 g
- Carbs: 21 g
- Fat: 25 g
- Calories: 2447
- Protein: 122 g (20%)
- Carbs: 97 g (15.9%)
- Fat: 168 g (61.8%)
I am wondering if my excessive hunger is due to my sugar splurge last night. Or, if the heavy lifting and lower calories is kind of catching up to me. I just ate my lunch. I'm not sure if I am going to make it through the day with only 1 more meal (and 3 lousy ounces of steak!)
And, I just realized I forgot to do my gymnastic work today. I think I'll go practice HSPU. I got my first HSPU the other day. I got 2 of them! I need to get more. "Diane" here I come!
And, for your viewing pleasure, here is a video of my awesome boyfriend picking up 500#. Incredible. He only weighs 180#!
Ben Dodge Picks up 500# - unedited video from Jenna Rettenmayer on Vimeo.
posted by jenna at
1:33 PM
2 Comments:
Awesome time on that WOD. I'm hitting it again in a month or so and was planning on shooting for sub-18. Looks like I've got an even higher standard to chase. (Yikes.)
As for mydailyplate, I don't have a gold membership and I enter custom foods all the time. It's set-up specifically so people can enter a brand that's not in the system yet and others can later search for it and use it - kind of open source. You can do the same with your restaurants cake, in case you feel compelled to break down and have another slice.
Oh, I see that now. I don't know why I didn't see that before. Thanks for the tip.
I don't know that I could have done it so fast on a treadmill....isn't that where you did this WOD, at the globo? Of course, you were talking about getting it up to 10 mph....I definitely wasn't running a 6 minute mile pace! At least, I don't think I was.
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