December update!

So it's official! I am signed up and paid. CrossFit sectionals in Columbus, Ohio HERE I COME!! A lot of time has passed since my last post, and a lot has happened. The first couple weeks of December I got into this mode where I basically did two-a-days up until finals. Knowing I would be sitting on my butt studying like a madwoman during finals, it worked out well because I was able to take some much needed time off. It's still refreshing to me realizing that I am better at letting myself rest and recover (used to not be the case). The week after finals, my fam and I went to Puerto Vallarta, MEXICOOOO! I can't explain how excited I was to spend a week playing at the beach, eating fresh fish, and working out like a machine. I was workin with a beach that was about 400 meters from end to end and a funny little squat rack that I almost broke a few times. I had a BLAST being creative and coming up with crazy ways to torture myself.

Here's a list of what went down in between body surfing and tequila shots:

- 400 m barefoot walking lunges

- 30 minute fartlek runs (followed by 10 mins barefoot running)

- Heavy snatches (wasn't enough weight to do much of anything else haha)

- 50 burpees.... EVERYDAY!

- Ran hotel stairs for time (11 stories) don't remember how many ups.. 30 mins worth

- Did pushup/table top/squat/sit up circuits on my towel on the beach

- Body surfed and played in the big waves for hours upon hours (got beat up pretty good)

- Found random large rocks to play with (beach squat cleans, overhead lunges...etc)

- Did water aerobics!!! Yea SUPER dorky... I was really aggressive and silly during it... and in result, was actually SORE the next day!!

All in all, it was a great week. I came home and spent a few days in Chicago with Kenny. I hit up good ol Xsport Fitness a few times and did an 8 miler and a 5 miler on the treadmill. I've been attempting to train at a 7:55 minute mile pace and it usually about kills me. But it's a good challenge that I think will become less scary the more I force myself to do it.

THIS WEEK- I am in Tampa Florida on the winter training trip with the team. So far it's been cold and windy (30 degrees in the AM... yea so much for Florida sunshine..) but the team has been putting in a lot of work on and off the water. On Saturday, I ran twice (~3 miles each run) and led a pushup/ab sort of workout after the team's evening run. The day's are crazy busy and I haven't been able to workout the last couple days. BUT- tomorrow I'm going to be able to lift with the novice AND go check out CrossFit Malicious!!!!!!!!! I about peed my pants when I saw that there's a CrossFit literally a half mile from where we keep the boats. I will definitely post how the workout goes. Off to run hotel stairs (story of my life).