CrossFit, Running, My Quest For Super Health Week 4

This week was a train wreck. Between being sick and being slightly injured from my workout last week, I accomplished next to nothing. Absolutely demoralizing.

Monday – Thursday

Rested and recuperated.  Last Sunday I had done a workout with deadlifts and good mornings. The deadlifts didn’t feel bad at the time, but I did mention that they felt awkward. The good mornings on the other hand felt great. They were hard and I truly felt like I was working my hamstrings. Well, I did work my hamstrings. Right to the point of almost not being able to walk. Monday – Wednesday were painful. My hamstrings were very tight and my extreme lower back was aching. On top of this pain, I manage to get a cold. Nothing special just a run of the mill cold that made me miserable for most of the week. My nose just would not stop running and the antihistamines were making me light headed.

Friday

Redemption day. Still didn’t feel 100% so I figured that I would simply run on the treadmill. Just a nice slow jog to see if my hamstrings would cooperate. They did cooperate but my run felt pretty sad. About 2 miles into the run, I felt tired and weak. At 3 miles I called it a day.

Saturday

More running. I still wasn’t excited about lifting. You realize how many different exercises from the CrossFit world hit your back. I had picked a tempo run and was excited to get outside and run. There is a nice track at a local school and planned to use that for my workout. When I got there it was covered in about 6 inches of snow. Apparently the kids aren’t running outside this time of the year.

The run was 8 x 200m. It was a simple little run. Short sprints. Rest equal to 5 times the time it takes you to run the 200m.

So, I abandoned the track and went to the gym with my tail between my legs. Forget it. I’ll just run the stupid thing on the treadmill. Well, my head wasn’t in the game. I decided that I could handle 8.5 on the treadmill or around 7 minute miles. This is quick for me. I am not fast. Unfortunately, my head decided that I should run .25 miles. 200meters and .25 miles is the same thing right? : ) So, after the first quarter I was pretty tired. But then I started thinking about my rest. I thinking, “it took me 1:45 to run the quarter, that means, I should rest about 9 minutes. WHAT!?!” Well, I didn’t realize the runs were supposed to be 200 meter runs until I got home later that evening. What I ended up doing, is resting about 3 minutes between runs, because that was the longest time I could stand just standing around. I ran 1 mile or 4 intervals, gave up, ran another mile at a normal 5K pace and went home.

Sunday

Back to the weights.

5×5 thrusters 95lbs

3 rounds for time
15 situps, 15 pushups

The thrusters were harder than I expected. My legs just aren’t fast getting out of the hole. From the bottom of the squat I feel like I am moving in slow motion until about half way up. The situps and pushups went smoothly into the 2nd round. I got about 12 situps before I had to stop to breath, same with pushups. By the third round, I had to break the situps and pushups into 4 groups to get through the round.

Looking forward to a better week next week.