Just like Phillip

I feel like Mike Myers in that SNL skit where he was the kid with the harness who lost it when he ate chocolate.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/18878/saturday-night-live-phillip

I am having to restrain myself from pushing this week. I have invested my energies wisely by focusing on lifting sessions without going too high, icing my tender rib after workouts and throughout the day, warming it up in prep for workouts, etc... When I contemplate why this is happening now, I realize it is a gift, forcing me to be mindful and considerate to my body in this week leading up to sectionals.

So, I decided to do some work on Handstand Pushups for a bit. Warmed up with 2 abmats and dropped down to one. Kinda dumb because I wore out quickly. Realized that I was looking at the abmat instead of gazing straight ahead which gets my head closer to the mat. Genius! They are still a challenge getting all the way down but I chipped away at singles to work on it. REGARDLESS, I am chomping at the bit to do the Air Force WOD! I kept watching all the rest of the group doing it and kept strolling over to a #65 bar to do an OHS every so often...you know, just to see. I can't wait to see what I can do and to experience the thrill, exasperation, mental challenge a wod like this will create. BUT, I will reserve that for Saturday, knowing that right now, 3 days before the actual WOD, it is the time to have faith in my body, my mind and my intuition.

So I did Tuesday's metcon:
5 rds:
10 burpees
10 wb (#12)
Time: 7:02
Lame time. I kept redoing wall balls because no one was there to judge the reps and I wanted to make sure they were clearing the line. Billy S mentioned later that I was really launching them up there which made me feel better but it's hard to tell...and fact is, #12 should be a given at this point. I did notice that position helped a lot for me...oh, I don't really want to spend too much thought on it. MOVING ON! : )

At the end of the night, I know I have worked hard, and learned so much from all the amazing coaches, a-coaches and fellow athletes around me that this moment, these challenges we face this weekend, they are already ours. We have already won. I love you guys and am super proud to be a member of CFC. I will be in your face pushing you along your journey and I am honored to have you guys there pushing me.


Diet...
7:20am 1 L water

8:30am - Breakfast
2 spoonfuls raw almonds butter
2eggs and 1 oz turkey breast w/ sauteed chard, mushrooms, zucchini in ghee
5 walnuts
SOOOO hungry this a.m.
8oz coconut water(not sure why but the body really needed it for hydration)

2:00pm - Lunch
4oz bison burger w/sauteed chard, broccoli, zucchini in ghee
2 handfuls of nuts

5:00 - pre wod
2oz turkey breast w/sauteed brussel sprouts, zucchini and mushrooms in ghee
4 oz coconut milk with supergreens and minerals

1 L water

8:45 post wod and oly class
4 oz bison burger

10:00 - Dinner
salmon and broccoli
10 pecans

1 L water