Spartan Sprint!

Today we drove up to Tuxedo, NY and did the Spartan Sprint! 3.5 hilly miles with a bunch of fun obstacles. It was tough but we had a good time (and got very muddy)...

Felt good & like those work outs have been paying off, cleared every obstacle except 3 (can't rope climb, missed the target on the javelin throw, and fell off while I was traversing a wall). That meant a total of 90 burpees in penalties!

Overall, a good time.

BODY PUMP

Took a body pump class during my lunch break. It was interesting, lots of different sets with a bar and weight that worked different parts of the body. Think I will be feeling it tomorrow...

adorable looking animal of the week

the hudson edition

wod

5 min bike warm up

5 rounds of:
10 box jumps
10 dead lifts (40#)
10 kb swings (15#)
10 wall ball sit ups (12#)

9:19

5 min bike cool down

run

2 miles
17:38

jax run

ran with mal!

2 miles
18:48

30 60 90 class

did a class at the gym tonight with my coworker - it was killer! before we went I said "I hope there are no push ups, I'm beat from the other night." so of course the ENTIRE class just about was different forms of push ups - push up to plank, push up to squat thrust jump, push ups with weights...

great workout though! im beat

JAX tomorrow !!! :) :) :)

help yourself. sad brad smith

funny looking animal of the week!

wod

did a killer work out with my coworker tonight:

run 1 mile
60 push ups
five minutes on the stair machine
100 trx squats
1000M row
25 jumping pull ups
5 min on the bike with hand weights
50 dips (assisted)
150 jump ropes
25 wall ball sit ups (12#)

jersey city sunday night

run

ran to humane society
walked 3 doggies!
ran back

total run: 2.5
22:40

gingers have souls!

morning run

2 miles
18:22

she & him. fools rush in.

run

1.5 miles
13:50

wod

run 1 mile
row 1000M
run 1 mile

total time: around 24 min
total run time: 15:54
total row time: 4:35

funny looking animals of the week!

Mother's Day edition?

run

4 miles.
37:13

morning run

2.5 miles
23:17

run

1.5 miles
13:14

funny looking animal of the week

Black Keys - Lonely Boy

wod

30 wall ball shots (12#)
30 pull ups
30 kb swings (20#)
50 sit ups
50 back extensions
row 1000M

some abs on the TRX

Alison Brie & The Girls - Call Your Girlfriend

another one!

Alison Brie & The Girls - "I'm On Fire"

covering the boss

funny looking animal of the week!

tired monday edition!

run

1.53 miles
12:58

kitchy kitchen

some really great food videos on this site!

saturday 5k

27:58

bought it!

my new swimsuit's on it's wayyyy!

happy birthday to an awesome brother!!!

run

1.5 miles.
tough to get going today.
14:40

wod

2 rounds for time of:

30 burpees
20 push ups
30 sit ups
30 squats
30 lunges
30 kb swings (#15)
1 mile run

tough one! didnt time it...runs were about 18min total

She's 22. Norah Jones.

off Norah Jones's new album "Little Broken Hearts."

morning run

2 miles
18:03

Ray LaMontagne - Empty

funny looking animals of the week

a trio of owls.

Daughter. Landfill.

morning run

light 1.5 miles
13:55

wod

row 1000M (4:45)
50 back extensions
50 sit ups
50 squats

trx ab work

wod

"Burpee ladder"

run 400M
10 burpees
run 400M
11 burpees
run 400M
12 burpees

etc, etc.

Did as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes. Got through 5 full rounds and almost finished the run on my 6th round.

funny looking animal of the week!

a tiny baby octopus! Thanks Adam!

run

2.2 miles
19:21

wod

3 rounds of:
25 walking lunge steps w/10# overhead
25 box jumps
25 sit ups
9:53

1 mile run
8:48

Dermont's Writing Challenge

DERMONT'S WRITING CHALLENGE: Write the beginning of a story from the point of view of a first person narrator who refuses to do what he/she is told to do. What will your character do instead? What lengths will your character go to in order to avoid completing a direct order? Why/How does your character make things hard on his/herself?

Begin with one of the following phrases:

I was supposed to. . . .

My father insisted I . . . .

Don’t tell me what to do. . . .

Everyone always wants something from me. . . . .

SHARE IT HERE. ROCK ON!

(via soulpancake)


I decided to try this out... here's what happened:

My father insisted that I leave the light alone. “But it’s blown out!” I yelled down back down the stairs, determined to help remedy the situation. His response was meant to be final: “Just leave it!”

But I couldn’t just leave it. I was only going to be home for two days; it was the least I could do to help out. I reached up to unscrew the light bulb. The next thing I knew I was holding the entire fixture in my hand. The only thing keeping it attached to the ceiling was a thin blue wire.

“Uh oh,” I said, used to talking to myself as I accomplished household tasks, both an inherited trait and also a subliminal coping mechanism for living alone. But I wasn’t alone this time.

“What did you do?” My father had apparently heard the reaction meant only for my ears. I quickly tried to call down that everything was fine, but it was too late. I could hear his heavy steps already making their way up the stairs.

And for some reason, I started to laugh. Here I was, holding an entire light fixture above my head, with my soon to be frustrated father on his way to the scene, and I couldn’t stop giggling.

He arrived at the top of the stairs, squinting through his bifocals at the mini disaster. He took the light out of my hands. “I told you to leave it!” he grumbled. “I was trying to help!” I honestly felt that his attitude was a little extreme; after all, maybe the fixture he installed shouldn’t have been so easily removed from the ceiling. All I did was twist it…

“Just go downstairs.”

And just like that, I was banished from helping fix my mess. Deemed useless. I fled to the living room, where my brother and mom sat on the couch, watching my shameful retreat. They did not try to stifle their smiles.

“What did you do?” Mom was inquisitive.

“I accidentally pulled out the light fixture.”

This seemed to be hilarious to my brother, who burst into laughter. I slid onto the couch, curling up next to my mom, transforming into her baby girl. I was safe here.

She sighed and ran her hand through my hair.

“What are we going to do with you?”

Honestly, I didn’t know myself.

funny looking animal of the week!

wod

run 800M

5 rounds of:
10 pull ups
10 dips

run 800M

m ward. there's a key.

baby laughing at a vacuum!

sunday 5k

28 min

of monsters and men. love love love

Just downloaded their album. Good good stuff.

run

4 miles
37:41

Drake's Re-Bar Mitzvah

Things I didn't know that I now know:

1. Drake is Jewish.
2. You can get Re-Bar Mitzvah'ed?
3. Drake had adorable dance moves as a child.

wod

5 rounds of:
25 second wall stand
30 squats

10 min on elliptical
abs.

puppy yelpin'

funny looking animal of the week

Foo Fighters - "These Days"

This one's on my spring MIXTAPE PLAYLIST!

morning run

4 miles
37:33

wod

50 box jumps
50 wall ball shots (8# ball)
50 back extensions
50 deadlifts (50#)
50 push ups
25 burpees
50 sit ups

around 18 min

ran 1 mile
9:23

first wod in a while. tough to get back into it!

chicago vs chicago - round one

I like this. I like anything with Nick Offerman in it, really.

funny looking animal of the week!

this is the saddest looking owl in the world.

morning run

2.25 miles
20:17

morning run

2 miles.
17:33

wod

warm up: run 1 mile (8:13)

3 rounds of:
12 wall ball shots (12#)
10 push ups
12 sit ups
TRX planks

50 back extensions

run

3 miles
25:20

runs!

to humane society - 1.41 miles 12:53
home from humane society 1.42 miles 13:02

funny looking animal of the week!

hehehe a tiny hippo! I also like the phrase the zookeeper uses "Keen as mustard!"

wod

row 2k
9:14

run

2 miles
18:09

work out

run 1 mile
row 1000 meters
abs

1 mile challenge

blah, 7:45. i don't even think that's progress.

maybe my body isn't meant to run 6:30 miles. but i'll keep trying!

windy out there today!

run

2 miles
18:04

work out

light day.... jumping rope and kettlebell work

funny looking animal of the day

what a silly looking cat!

westin workout

run 1 mile.

abs.


gettin sick of the little hotel gym... !

downton

MARY : I'm going to accept him. Do you think I should?

ANNA: Thats not for me to say. if you love him more than anyone in the world, then of course you should.

MARY: It's not as simple as that.

ANNA: No? It is for me. But then I'm not your ladyship.

MARY: Did you love Bates more than anyone in the world?

ANNA: I did...I do. I'll never love again like I love him. Ever.

MARY: Well, there you are then. One day you'll meet someone else, and you'll marry. Perhaps it will be second best, but it doesn't mean you can't have a life.

ANNA: I think it does. For me.

pixel dancer

This one made me giggle...

mornin workout

run 1 mile.

24 pull ups
some free weight stuff
abs!

funny looking animal of the week

Here's ANOTHER hilarious animal for the week.

morning run

2 miles -- 16:27

then abs

funny looking animal of the week

baby polar bear!

via.

wod

"michael" (slightly modified). Cut down on the back extensions as there was no machine and was using a balance ball to do them, which was pretty difficult!

three rounds for time of:

800M run
20 back extensions
50 sit ups

21 minutes

(total run time: 11 min)

birdy. without a word.

westin workout!

run 2 miles - 16:27
abs

run

3 miles
26:16

1 mile

1 mile run.
7:34

I want to finish at least 3 runs under 6:30 by the end of the year (or the end of the world, whatever comes first). This was a benchmark I guess, first time I just went out and ran 1 mile trying to go fast. I didn't warm up at all, so hopefully a good warm up will help me next time as I try to cut 1 minute off today's time...yikes!

funny looking animal of the weekend

scott was right, I didnt post as many funny animals as I meant to this weekend. Here's one more for good measure:

morning run

2.20 miles
19:55

nice day run!

2.5 miles
22:57

morning wod

4 rounds for time of:

27 box jumps
20 burpees
11 squat cleans (10# dumbbells)

18:18

morning wod

run 1 mile (8 min)

4 rounds of:

12 wall ball shots (10#)
12 kb swings (15#)
TRX ab exercise

funny looking animal of the day

gonna be so many funny animals this week...

morning run

2.25 miles
19:49

funny looking animal of the week

This actually is the second funny looking animal this week, but I couldn't pass it up!

wod

run 800M

50 kb swings (15#)
50 back extensions
50 box jumps
50 sit ups
50 dead lifts (45#)

run 800M

work out

run 20 min (2.25 miles)

bike 10 min (3.33 miles)

wod

3 rounds for time of:

Row 300M
20 wall ball shots (10#)
10 Push ups

10:30

Then did some ABS on the TRX machine!

funny looking animal of the week

This kitten is so fluffy it looks fake! Pound it!

run

2 miles
17:34