3 Weeks In

Three weeks ago, I made a decision to really commit to something I love. Crossfit.  My best friend Katie started to crossfit in summer of 2011. I watched her body transform before my eyes, BUT as her body shrunk and toned, her self esteem grew. It was awesome. I was envious. My very first WOD was on Thanksgiving in 2011. It was awesome. I fell in love with it instantly. Not just the workout but the trainers, too. High fives and fist pumps each time they saw me was enough for me to think, "hey, this is pretty cool" I started coming more regularly in January of 2012. Katie and I signed up for the open and then she had a stroke. It threw me for a loop and I dropped out when she did. Meanwhile, my business was growing rapidly and I couldn't fit the box class times in to my schedule. On July 26, 2012, my life changed wholly and completely when my husband passed away unexpectedly. I found myself back in the box about a month or two later. I had a lot of angry energy and it was a great place to use it in a positive manner. Then the sadness hit and I backed away again. All the while, I was never looked down on or turned away when I'd come by. I'd drive by the box and peek in wishing I was in there, but just wasn't ready mentally to add anything to my plate. Owner and trainer, Chad kept encouraging me and saying "when you're ready, come back." In January, my father in law died and two weeks later my best friend of 36 years lost her battle to Stage 4 Melanoma. Her death hit me harder than anything. I found myself self destructing with my diet and sleep. Then one day after a night of drinking way too much, I decided it was time to go back. That was a little over 3 weeks ago. It's hard to make changes during a fragile time in your life, but I already felt a family vibe from the group of people who work out at my box and knew it was the place to go for help. 

After two days of being back in the Box (that's what crossfit gyms are called) I signed my outta shape butt up for the 2013 Crossfit Open. Why on earth would I do that? Because I can. I'm alive and I'm not going to pass up opportunities like this. I'm doing it for me to see how hard I can push myself. This was the 3rd WOD (workout of the day) for the Open. It was 150 wallballs, 90 double unders and 30 muscle ups in 12 minutes, then start over if you had time. My goal was 65 wallballs. The ball is 14 lbs and I did not want to set a goal too high that I couldn't reach because I'd had a very emotional sad week as it was and didn't want to be disappointed. I crushed my goal and hit 125 wallballs! I couldn't be prouder! Now on to Week 4!