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December Goals
Oh- Hello December. Where did you come from? I’m seriously freaking out. I haven’t even thought about starting Christmas shopping. I have like 3 weeks still, right? Time to review my progress on my November Goals My main goal for the month is to practice being thankful. I’ll include a list of things I’m thankful for at the end of my posts. I’ll have (at least) one a day. – Oops. I did this Most of the month. I’m gonna give myself a B- on this one. I’m going to continue working on #operationpantsfit (which runs until Thanksgiving) and hopefully lose a few pounds on the way, but I don’t want to focus…
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Weekly Workout Recap
Another week gone so fast? This is getting a little outrageous! It did feel good to get back to CrossFit after being away for a week. I was so eager to get back at it Monday morning I was actually a little early to the 5am class! This was a tough week of workouts! Which is good, because of all the thanksgiving indulgences. Monday – CrossFit PreWOD Snatch balance 5 x 3 WOD – 16:15 3 rounds for time of: 500 meter row 50 DUs – (I did 150 5 Burpees PostWOD Turkish get ups Tuesday- CrossFit CrossFit Total – 445 Find a one rep max for the following: Strict…
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Thanksgiving 2012
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are enjoying time with your family and friends. And reflecting on how blessed we are. Always. Today started out with a special Thanksgiving WOD at CrossFit O’Fallon Since they had just 2 classes this morning Chris went at 7 and I met him at 8, Payton was excited to get to go to CrossFit with me to meet him there for the kid exchange. Look how incredibly cute she was this morning Already posing. She’s going to be a model. Or a blogger. I can already see her What I Wore Wednesday and #OOTD posts. Ha. Delilah wanted to get in on the action too.…
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Weekly Workout Recap
Whew- What a week!! I am happy to report that we made it back home safe and sound. St Louis never looked so good! We had a great time, but there is nothing like being away from home to make you appreciate it more. This week was an off week for workouts. We had plans to try out a local Clearwater CrossFit, but it turns out they needed a good amount of notice to “register” for classes and our schedule was so unpredictable we couldn’t make it work. That being said, there were still some decent workouts, just not nearly as many as I’m used to. I guess having a…
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Pretty Muddy Tampa Blogger Meet Up
You know that feeling of working so hard for so long on something and then just like that, it’s done? I’m kinda still letting my head wrap around this one. Back in September I ran the Pretty Muddy in Chicago. I wrote about it and was contacted by the race organizer and asked if I could help them recruit bloggers for their upcoming races. So for nearly the last 2 months I have been working like Crazy to make it happen. I got in contact with some bloggers that I have been following for awhile and found new bloggers that I adore now. Slowly but surely “Team Pretty Muddy” came…
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Weekly Workout Recap
Good Morning!! It’s been a whirlwind of a weekend! We were up at 3:50am – We spent the day traveling… From St Louis –> DFW —> Tampa via Plane… Then picked up the rental car, drove another hour plus to meet up with my parents at the hotel, dropped off the kiddo, drove to Little Everglades Ranch and met up with the Pretty Muddy Team. The bloggers arrived and we got a tour of the course, went out for dinner and conversation at Kafe Kokopelli in Dade City. Saturday was Pretty Muddy Tampa!! I had such a great time meeting some of the bloggers I’ve been following for years, and…
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5 Tips for Mud Runs #PrettyMuddy
Good Morning, Friends! Time is flying by. Seriously, I started this post 15 minutes ago… Things just keep popping up! Ah, life… it’s so much fun. Speaking of fun – I’m gonna have some this weekend!! Remember Pretty Muddy back in Chicago? Let me refresh your memory… It was a little something like this: Pretty Epic, Right? Well, I’m SO excited to get to do it again! I’m going to be running it with my BFF from High School and my baby sister! Our race day experience may or may not include these: You have to understand the history of my BFF and I. In high school we were literally inseparable …
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Faster vs Stronger
Going into a new exercise program can be intimidating. Going into CrossFit was no difference. I was terrified that I couldn’t keep up, that I would finish last… or not finish at all. When you first walk in to CrossFit O’Fallon you see this big pull up rig, wall ball targets and boxes everywhere. I knew it wasn’t going to be like another gym. At first the 35lb bar was heavy, the pull ups were terrifying (even with the bands) and every work out seemed to push me to my limits. I was typically the last one to finish the 400m warm up run, and one of the last to…
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Hitting Goals & Weekly Workout Recap
Good Morning!! How are y’all doing this Monday morning? It is pretty gloomy here in the STL… and I have a horrible case of the sniffles that won’t go away… but that just means more hot coffee and tea!! I swear I drink twice as many cups of coffee/tea when it is rainy out. Before I get into my weekly workout recap, can we talk about CrossFit for a minute? Of course we can… I’m the one writing this! HA. Anyways… One of the many things I absolutely love about CrossFit is the ability to easily see/track your progress. It isn’t just a number on the scale… or even a…
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Zombie Survival Dash STL Race Recap
Months and months ago I came across the Zombie Survival Dash 5k. I saw they were coming to St Louis and I was SO excited because I thought “Finally, a run I can convince my husband to sign up to run with me!” (He has run 2 other 5k’s before this one, but this was the “first” one I got him to agree to!) The registration fee was pretty steep for a 5k at $75, but for something as cool as a Zombie run I finally agreed. $150 later I had high hopes for this race. Fast forward several months and race day is almost here. Despite the constant posting…