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 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!