The ultrashea

"It doesn't have to be fun to be fun"

-Mark Twight

"We don't make sacrifices. If we truly love this sport and we have these goals and dreams in the sport, the classroom, or in life, they're not sacrifices. They're choices that we make to fulfill these goals and dreams."

-Deena Kastor

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

-Steve Prefontaine

November 26

Zeroth World Problems

1. Run to gourmet doughnut shop to get doughnut for Kathleen. Doughnut shop closed due to problems with fryer.

2. Horribly accuracy on running app. Says I’ve run 4.69 miles at 4:47 pace. Trust me, I’ll likely never be that fast.

November 24
Thanksgiving Dinner on Flickr.Click through for notes on each dish. laying on sofa with dog napping on my chest. Vegan/mostly paleo pumpkin cheesecake and apple tart soon.

Thanksgiving Dinner on Flickr.

Click through for notes on each dish. laying on sofa with dog napping on my chest. Vegan/mostly paleo pumpkin cheesecake and apple tart soon.

November 20
8lbs of bacon curing for hot smoking on Thanksgiving. Black pepper, salt, Buffalo Trace bourbon cure, local pork sides. Will smoke over hickory and applewood (Taken with instagram)

8lbs of bacon curing for hot smoking on Thanksgiving. Black pepper, salt, Buffalo Trace bourbon cure, local pork sides. Will smoke over hickory and applewood (Taken with instagram)

November 13
This epic day was brought to you by Gogol Bordello’s “Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher)”, Whole30, Crossfit Champaign-Urbana, lamb curry with black olives (shown above), baba ghanoush with olive oil and sumac (also above), and the love of a good woman. Today: Team WOD at Crossfit CU: Teams of two; one teammate rest while the other is active, switch whenever you want; 2 rounds of: Row for 3:00 (each calorie = 1 point) KB ground to overhead for 3:00 (1 point/rep) Over the box jumps for 3:00 (1 point/rep) Run 1 long loop (I’m guessing it’s about 250m), then rest until 3:00 has elapsed since start of the run (no points) Overhead walking lunge for 3:00 (1 point/rep) Partner assisted handstand hold for 3:00 (1 point/rep) 523 point total - not too shabby! Brunch out with friends, brief rest at home, throw together what should be a fantastic veal stew for tomorrow (veal, carrots, onion, celery, parsnip, rosemary, bay leaf, sage), going away party, fantastic distance piece on the rower: 8000m - 6km @ 2:12.5/500m (1.5 sec/500m faster than 8k PR), 1.5k @ <2:10, 500m @ <2:00. 55.1 seconds faster than my 8k PR, which was set less than a month ago!

This epic day was brought to you by Gogol Bordello’s “Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher)”, Whole30, Crossfit Champaign-Urbana, lamb curry with black olives (shown above), baba ghanoush with olive oil and sumac (also above), and the love of a good woman.

Today:

Team WOD at Crossfit CU: Teams of two; one teammate rest while the other is active, switch whenever you want; 2 rounds of:

  1. Row for 3:00 (each calorie = 1 point)
  2. KB ground to overhead for 3:00 (1 point/rep)
  3. Over the box jumps for 3:00 (1 point/rep)
  4. Run 1 long loop (I’m guessing it’s about 250m), then rest until 3:00 has elapsed since start of the run (no points)
  5. Overhead walking lunge for 3:00 (1 point/rep)
  6. Partner assisted handstand hold for 3:00 (1 point/rep)

523 point total - not too shabby!

Brunch out with friends, brief rest at home, throw together what should be a fantastic veal stew for tomorrow (veal, carrots, onion, celery, parsnip, rosemary, bay leaf, sage), going away party, fantastic distance piece on the rower:

8000m - 6km @ 2:12.5/500m (1.5 sec/500m faster than 8k PR), 1.5k @ <2:10, 500m @ <2:00. 55.1 seconds faster than my 8k PR, which was set less than a month ago!

November 2
October 25
work (Taken with instagram)

work (Taken with instagram)

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Garage gym setup for today&#8217;s workout #wolverine (Taken with instagram)

Garage gym setup for today’s workout #wolverine (Taken with instagram)

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Coconut flakes, hazelnuts, dried apple, black salt #whole30 #wolverine

Coconut flakes, hazelnuts, dried apple, black salt #whole30 #wolverine

October 24
Malaysian beef curry, Curtis Orchard apple #whole30 #wolverine (Taken with instagram)

Malaysian beef curry, Curtis Orchard apple #whole30 #wolverine (Taken with instagram)

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Sweet potato, broccoli, egg #Whole30 #wolverine (Taken with instagram)

Sweet potato, broccoli, egg #Whole30 #wolverine (Taken with instagram)

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Kettlebell pentathlon, Smoked herring + raw sauerkraut #PWOMeal #wolverine (Taken with instagram)

Kettlebell pentathlon, Smoked herring + raw sauerkraut #PWOMeal #wolverine (Taken with instagram)

October 22
Crispy pigs&#8217; feet hash v2 #yum #hashcapades (Taken with instagram)

Crispy pigs’ feet hash v2 #yum #hashcapades (Taken with instagram)

October 21
Crispy fried pigs&#8217; feet and sweet potato hash #hashcapades #yum (Taken with instagram)

Crispy fried pigs’ feet and sweet potato hash #hashcapades #yum (Taken with instagram)

October 8
Epic pho is epic. #RecoveryMealOfTheGods (Taken with Instagram at Xinh Xinh Cafe)

Epic pho is epic. #RecoveryMealOfTheGods (Taken with Instagram at Xinh Xinh Cafe)

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4&#8221; PR on max height box jump, hit time cap on second WOD. pretty sure I coughed up something I ate 5 years ago. #MCFC #Crossfit #Ow #NothingLeft #FirstTimeNon-ScaledWOD #HashTagEscapades (Taken with Instagram at The Body Compound)

4” PR on max height box jump, hit time cap on second WOD. pretty sure I coughed up something I ate 5 years ago. #MCFC #Crossfit #Ow #NothingLeft #FirstTimeNon-ScaledWOD #HashTagEscapades (Taken with Instagram at The Body Compound)