I've been incorporating Endurance into my and Steve's programming for the last 2 week's now and have to say that I am disappointed in my ability to fit these into my schedule. I ran 200's on Saturday and was frustrated to say the least in how that went. This new week I will be incorporating these workouts much more consistently into my schedule! Our extra squatting seems to be well so far, I enjoy lifting more frequently. We have a couple events coming up in the near future, can't wait to see how they go!

Things to come...

Next week will begin a new phase in our training. Stephen and I decided to follow programming to fit our Strength wants/needs and our Endurance goals. Initially it will be a challenge to get a new schedule going but ultimately the rewards of our hard work are going to be awesome! I can't wait to see what happens through the rest of the year!!

Life As Rx'd Competition at the Dallas Europa

The Life As Rx'd competition was this weekend at the Europa show in Dallas. It was a lot of fun and I think we did well for our first competition. I look forward to working on some weaknesses (there are many as it goes with Crossfit :) but they are all achievable with practice and hard work). I had a good time training with everyone and saw some great gains over the last few months!

Haven't posted in awhile and just wanted to give a quick update. We are through week 10 of our team training and I'm seeing some awesome gains in strength. I'm lifting heavier in WOD's than I would ever have done and am gaining greater skill at a lot of things that have been trouble for me. We are all doing great and I can't wait to see what happens next!!

We are also officially kicking off the Endurance Program at our location and I'm so excited I can hardly wait! This is going to be great for anyone interested in running faster and more efficiently, anyone looking to compete in their first Tri or looking to improved their Tri times or anyone who's simply an endurance junkie! The Program is definitely different from traditional LSD training but has proven to show FANTASTIC results! I can't wait to see our athletes pushing to new limits!!

Our 1st week is behind us!

This past week was the first we began training together as a team. I'm really excited, we've got a good group. I'm looking forward to the gains and growth we'll all experience together! It has been awhile since Steve and I have been training 5 days a week so that was an adjustment, also the shifting in training times to try and work with everyone's schedules. This, I know, is a good thing since it forces us all to work out at our preferred and not preferred times so we can all grow, it's going to take a little adjusting, though, on my part for my body to acclimate to the shifting workout times. All in all it was a great week. The workouts were all tough but I feel like we got a great start! I can't wait to see what this week brings!!!

Beach to Bay Marathon Relay

This weekend Stephen and I participated in the Beach to Bay marathon relay with 2 other couples. The race consists of a full marathon (26.2 miles) run by a team of 6 participants, no individuals, no half marathon course. It was a lot of fun! Everyone did great and we finished in the top 20% overall, great considering our team really aren't your average "runners"-we are Crossfitters! I am pleased that without an actual training plan I was still able to hold a fair pace and run my leg without any trouble, also pretty happy I don't have any residual soreness! Once again I have to thank Crossfit and Dave (and the team) at CFDC for the great training and knowledge I've gained over this last year+. Thanks and congrats to all my teammates for an awesome weekend :)

Well I have been out of routine lately. Haven't been feeling much motivation for working out the last few weeks. The prior 2 weeks I haven't done much and my nutrition has been suffereing. This past week was a little better with more attention to nutrition in preperation for the May Day Challenge. Unsure of whether or not the Challenge will occur on Sunday or be postponed is a bit of a bummer, I was getting excited about it, but I'm looking forward to whenever it is. I've had my time (too much time) to slack off and now it's time to get myself back in gear and get ready for some serious training come June.........more details to come ;)