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Snatch PR

Today was the second out of four oly lifting classes we have going on at our box run by an oly coach from a prep school.  It was the coach me and my trainers met with that one time a few months ago.  Oh how I fancy that man.  Of course he's married with a child, lol.  Anyways, today he had us snatching off "blocks" (stacked two 45lb plates as blocks)...first time ever doing that.  I PR'd my snatch by 5lbs!  WOO.  I only hit it once, then failed two attempts afterwards.  Can't believe I hit the first attempt, but I think it's because I just cleared my mind and just went for it...during the other attempts I thought too much and had a mental battle.  Anyways, bummed I can't make it to next week's session because I'll be going to Virginia, but I'll be able to make it to the last one now that someone asked to switch work shifts with me that night, lol. 

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Bumming hard

So since Firefly got me sick, I've been sick all week.  I was hoping I'd be better by tomorrow morning but I'm still congested and breathing out of my mouth a whole lot.  I've only been to crossfit ONCE in TWO WEEKS...freaking insane.  Last week couldn't go because of work and Firefly and this week because of work and sickness.  I wanted to go today but I just can't breathe out of my nose still.  I haven't worked out since Tuesday.

Tomorrow I was supposed to compete in my first guy girl partner competition at my box.  Since I'm still a sick dog, I offered my spot and partner to this girl who really wanted to competed but couldn't find a partner.  I'm definitely still going in tomorrow to cheer my fellow crossfitters on!  It'll just be a bummer being on the side lines instead of working out with everyone.  Oh well, you win some, you lose some and life goes on.  When one of the workouts consists of 50 burpees...it's not the smartest thing a sick girl should do, lol.  I'd have to stop and blow my nose after every few burpees and that'll just gross everyone out, haha.

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FELT SO GOOOOOOD

To be back at the box today.  Taking an entire week off was sad.  Felt good to lift heavy again even though I felt weak and also sucked at running.  I got sick from Firefly so congested like craaaaazy.  I was supposed to work tonight but found someone to switch with.  Much needed night off.

Firefly was awesome.  Tiring, but awesome.  I wasn't able to hang for the last sets each day, lol...considering we started our days so early!  We went on a jog in the mornings, which was the only exercise I got all weekend besides all the walking associated with a festival, haha.  The food was GREAAAAT there, I wanted to try everyyyything, but of course I didn't.  Showers are so worth $5 there...soooo dusty, I felt like dust got in my contacts, so totally trashed my set of contacts right after the last day and threw on my glasses for my drive home last night.  All the sets I saw were awesome, missed a couple people I wanted to see but it was fine. It was a nice chill experience for me, didn't go too crazy or too heavily with the drinking.  Outkast was INSANE, probably one of my favorite sets of the festival.  Talk about middle school dance music, so nostalgic.  Of course Dave Grohl and his epic self was there being awesome.  Firefly was just so darn cute, the decor and everything, the lights at night were so stinking cute...I wish I had a real camera on me to take pictures of it all!  I could probably go on for days about the festival and experience...I'll just leave it at: great music, great food, great vibes, great weather, great people.  Oh, I hung out with a couple people I have not seen in YEARS.  It was crazy and great to catch up with them and they are seriously still the same kids I was friends with in middle school...it was nice to see them and hope we don't wait another 7 or whatever years to hang out again, haha.

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Crossfit withdrawals

I haven't been to Crossfit since Friday since Saturday was rest day for Sunday Tough Mudder.  Yesterday I needed the rest day after the TM...was oh so sore, especially my ankles, lol.  Can't make it to crossfit today because it's only PM classes on Tuesdays (they shall be opening a noon class soon) and I have to work tonight so just did some lifting in my basement.  Had no energy to do a metcon...I only got 4 hours of sleep after work and couldn't get myself to sleep more.  Tomorrow is my only day I can go to crossfit, although I don't even know if I'll go because if I'm zonked asleep at 11:30, I will notttt get up because I won't be able to try and sleep a couple more hours after class!  I'll probably just lift and do a WOD before work at home if I can't go.  But then I won't be going the whole rest of the week because after working Wednesday night, it's napping, packing, then off to FireFly Music Festival!!  I haven't missed more than like 3 or 4 days a week of crossfit since I started so not going to the box more an entire week is bumming me out big time!

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Tough Mudder tomorrow!

Work last night was...something.  There were crazy hours (with vomiting, loose poops, tantrums, and feed getting everywhere) but I had a lot more down time.  One of the little girls would nottttt sleep so I got to carry her and play with her for a good hour, lol.  Lately it's been craaaazy at work that I wouldn't have any down time to play with any of the little ones which bums me out, so it was nice to chill with the little rugrat.  Also, had time to hang around with my favorite little trouble maker.  I usually take him as one of my patients, but someone else called dibs on him last night, lolol.  Seriously one of my favorite times at work is leaning/laying on the side of this kid's crib and keeping him company.  He loves pulling at my gloves and he loves when I rub his head, haha.  He's seriously just the cutest but oh so bad, but we can't even stay mad because he's just so damn cute.  Anyways, my co-workers went out to breakfast together and I had to be a stinker and not go because I needed just a few hours of sleep before going to Philly today.  I even missed crossfit for the first Saturday in a long time...but I went every day this week so I guess I need the rest day since tomorrow won't be a rest day.  TOUGH MUDDER VIRGINIA!!!  Wooo...should probably sleep now because I'm leaving by 4:30 in the morning tomorrow...soooo...yeah.  It's going to be a long 4 hour drive so I need to be awake and alert so I get us there safely, haha.

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PRs!!!

Today we had to find our 1RM clean and jerk.  In the midst of it, I power cleaned 123lbs...which is a 5lb PR...then was able to match my old jerk max at 123lbs.  The heaviest I've ever cleaned (with a full squat) was 128lbs and the one time I did that I half assed my split jerk so couldn't even get that overhead and haven't cleaned 128lbs since that one time, lol.  Today, there were no 2.5lb plates available when I was ready to move up so I just went to 133lbs...then cleaned that aaaand jerked it!  It was quite the moment.  Once I caught the clean in the squat and stood up I was just like "fuuuuck yeaaah" and then jerked it and had probably the weirdest spazziest reaction to actually making it while everrryyyyyone was looking over after my fuuuck yeah, hahaha.  So glad I did it!  I then cleaned it again, but then failed the jerk.  I just suuuck at split jerking.  I'm so slow and don't jerk big enough.  I'll get there...just something to work on more for sure.  Yay for progress!

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Mondays

Accidentally fell asleep last night instead of pulling an all nighter to sleep during the day before work, gah...I can never pull an all nighter sitting at home these days.

Went shopping for a baby shower I have on Saturday and for a baptism in a few weeks...freaking LOVE baby clothes!  Afterwards, went to crossfit and it was a fun one!

The WOD was 4 minutes to do a 400m run and AMRAP of power cleans at 135/95...2 minute rest...then another 4 minutes for a 400m run and AMRAP of front squats 95/65...2 minute rest...then another 4 minutes for a 400m run and AMRAP of power cleans again.

Afterwards, had to "babysit" and then came home and did 10x1 of 3-position snatches, 5x2 power cleans, 5x2 split jerks, 5x5 back squats.  Took a nice long shower afterwards and have a half hour before I'll start getting ready for work...poop.  Here's to another long 26 hours of no sleep I have ahead of me.

OH

and officially signed up for the Tough Mudder in Virginia on Sunday!!!  I am in nooooooo way conditioned for the many miles I have ahead but I will conquer them...at least it's not a timed event, hahaha.  I'm looking forward to doing it for the second year in a row though!  I was able to get someone to work for me Saturday night so I wouldn't have to go straight from work...since it's a 4 hour drive.  I was going to have my friend drive so I can sleep during those 4 hours, lol, but now feeling better about getting a night's rest before the event.

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Kind of buuuummed.

One of my trainers will be leaving us this summer because he's being relocated to NC.  He tried hard to find another job around here so he wouldn't have to leave, but could not find one that paid enough...le sigh.  He's my favorite!  Almost knocked him out with a band though while stretching, LOL.  I AM SUCH A SPAZZ.  I didn't have a good grip on the band I was stretching with and it slipped and almost whipped him as I fell on my back/ass hahaha.