Ick-tastic.

Went for a little 5k run in the heat of the day. 89 degrees + running = bad idea. I feel so icky. Plus, my pace is basically a crawl. Whee. I'm just hoping it'll help loosen up my poor sore muscles. Ran yesterday, too, plus CrossFit. Our workout was: as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of 5 thrusters, 7 hang power cleans, and 10 sumo dead-lift high pulls. I managed 7 complete rounds, plus 5 thrusters and 5 cleans. My back and shoulders are so knotted that I can barely move! It's gonna make dancing at the Caspian tonight interesting.


Hope everyone has a blast at the Sand Dunes this weekend. Wish I could go, but I'm flying to Sweden. I'm super excited about that! Hopefully I'll get to hash and crossfit in Gotheburg and Stockholm! Woohoo!

Hmmm..

My blog is exceedingly lame right now. There's a good reason for it. I have nothing interesting to talk about. All I do is study for my MCAT. I've taken 5 practice exams, 4 of them since last Thursday. Tomorrow I will review my tushy off. Thursday is the exam. Whee. I'm treating it sorta like a practice. I will probably end up having to retake it in August, but hopefully not. :)

CO weather

I really hate being stuck indoors during the best weather we've had all summer. I could use a day in the sunshine. Unfortunately, I can't afford the time. It's only another week and a half to get through, then I can go back out to play. So get back to work! :) Maybe I'll sneak out for a little run.

MCAT Studying still

It takes so much of my time. I'm doing alright with it, though. Not as great as I'd like, but not too shabby, either.

Pull-ups

It's a love-hate relationship with me and pull-up workouts. I love how strong and fast I'm getting with pull-ups. Our workout today was 5 rounds of 21 pull-ups and 15 dumbbell split cleans (30#). I was cruising. In the first round I managed to get 9 pull-ups without stopping. That's the most I've ever done consecutively. I really was moving quickly through the workout. My first round of cleans were a bit awkward, because I wasn't used to having the dumbbells instead of barbells, but once I had that down I really did move fairly quickly. Half way through my round four pull-ups, I tore the big hole in my left hand as well as the two center ones on my right hand. I had to stop and tape my left hand because I was bleeding so much I kept slipping off the bar. I finished round four pull-ups, looked down and there were three more holes. At that point I decided to save what was left of my palms. I finished the dumbbell cleans and called it a day. It's amazing how many nerve endings you have in exposed layers of flesh on your palms. Wow. What pisses me off most is that I didn't get to finish the workout and I had a really fast time going, plus it'll be at least a week before I get to do another pull-up. :(