I truly believe that Gd talks, we just don't listen. Shain is ALWAYS telling me that during a WOD/running/rowing, nothing should be able to stop you from going. You can get a rip on pull-ups and keep on going, blood pouring down your wrists. Puke? Fine, just don't stop. So during my warm-up run, I REALLY wanted to keep going. We didn't even time it, it was just a goal to KEEP GOING. So we were about 100m in when OUT OF NOWHERE the inside of a cassette tape (where in the hell do you even find one of those these days?) wound itself around my ankle. We both started laughing but I kept going. It then started winding around my other ankle, so my legs were tied together. I didn't stop. But then I got kind of nervous about falling over. Of course Shain is like DON'T STOP but at the 200 mark I bent over and broke my legs free. But other than that, I didn't quit once. I was shocked to see the end mark, and was so excited. Shain didn't think it called for a celebration, but I truly thought I should get a parade or something. I don't think he gets what it is like, I've never gotten a single accolade for anything I've ever done athletically. My name has never gotten on a white board, I've never even gotten a participation trophy.
The WOD was hard, but really fun. I got to do double under attempts on the trampoline DURING the WOD! YAY! I landed like 8 or 9...out of 60. LOL. I would lose my concentration because I would get so excited when I actually did land them, it was hard to re-focus, but it was a great practice.
After the WOD, I hung around for Cassie, my running SAVIOR. I really didn't know how 1) someone as nice as Cassie was going to intimidate me into doing what I needed to do, and 2) anyone would ever know how to teach me. I WAS WRONG. Cassie is an evil genius. She gained my trust by walking a 200 with me, and then nonchalantly running the 200m back slowly. I was like, this is simple! And then, just when I was like, wow, I ran 600m total today, she's like, we are going to run another 400m, and the only goal is to NOT STOP. WTF? But...you're my friend?! Remember? And you know this is hard! And...I already ran?! And...it's Wednesday! And, I'm tired! And an Aries! I had sooooooooo many excuses. But she was just so calm and taught me to just breathe and I did it! She realized when I wasn't breathing and kept me focused, and it really helped. She knew that keeping it slow and simple really was the best way for me. And I left, not beating myself up for running a 9 minute 400 (which it seriously felt like) but prouder of myself than I probably have been since I got into a size 4 jean (long time ago, obviously!) because I made a goal and stuck to it. And I'm totally pumped for Friday.
WOD #8 (Shain)
Total Time 25:52
3 Rounds:
10 Thrusters at 43lbs
20 Du attempts on trampoline (attempt: 1 single and 1 where I at least hit my shins)
300m row sprint
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