Back at it

I pretty much took all last week off to relax and get my severely bruised foot healed up a little.

Today I decided to go to CrossFit and workout a little before heading off for a run at Blendon Woods Metro Park with Cat.

At CrossFit, things seemed weird. Actually the last two or three times I've been in there the atmosphere has been different.

Seems like the number of clients at CrossFit are dwindling.

It got me thinking a while back and I just attributed it to being Summer time. Not sure why exactly but I have not seen a lot of people I once worked out with in a long time.

I think CrossFit for me has ran it's course. I will continue to do CrossFit but probably on my own. To me, it's wasting my time and money when I go in there for a workout and end up with a massive headache in the middle of the workout. My Endocrinologist says I can still run and workout, but to keep an eye on myself and stop when needed.

Thank goodness we have great instructors that allow me to scale back my workouts and intensities.

As a runner, I think I am going to begin focusing on doing more Kettlebell work and throw in CrossFit workouts on my own in my garage. That way, I have control over how things go and what works for me. Oh yeah, I need to focus more on running.

Last year as some may remember, I messed up my foot at the Columbus Marathon. To this day, it still has not healed fully. I wanted to do CrossFit to supplement my running. I definitely think it has done it's job. I still remember my first Month of CrossFit. I wanted to throw up every time on my way home from the gym. Thanks Eddie!

CrossFit will still be with me, I'm just sure it will soon take a back seat to other adventures.

Today's run:

I met up with Cat (aka: "Snake Wrangler") - more on that in a minute. We decided to get a few miles in on trail at Blendon Woods Metro Park. We ran a few loops to give us about 5 1/2-6 miles.

This run was a lot of work. I felt like I was running with a Barbell loaded down with weights.

The terrain wasn't that hilly, but I felt like I just smoked a carton of cigarettes and was wearing lead shoes. I think this was because I wasn't recovered enough from last week. Plus, I'm not eating enough Bison......Note to self: "Buy more Bison......Eat more Bison......Will run like Bison"

Okay, back to the "Snake Wrangler". We were running along and I jumped about 3 feet into the air. I was totally freaked out by what I saw on the ground....a snake.

Now, I don't give a flying hoot how big a snake is, I hate them, always and forever, hate snakes.

I went back and looked at the poor little guy. We started laughing cause the snake was probably about 5 inches long....if that. I'm not sure what kind it is. Cat seemed to think it was a Copperhead. All I cared about was that it didn't bite me.

She grabbed a stick and started poking at it. The poor little thing seemed to be dead.

When we were driving back out we spotted a flock of Wild "City" Turkeys.

They just stood there and could have given a crap less if we were gawkin at them. Real Wild Turkeys, like the ones at Mohican, would have been long gone.

Totals: Run 7 miles plus CrossFit

Warmup

Row 1000m

20 walking lunges ea leg

20 pushups (10 HSPU if able)

20 pullups

20 4 count flutterkicks

20 rollovers

Skill

Overhead Squat5 sets of 7 - Increase weight each time

WOD

21 Deadlifts / 225#M / 150#W

Run 800m

15 Deadlifts

Run 800m

9 Deadlifts

Run 800m