Moving Weekend

This weekend was spent moving from Winnipeg to Edmonton.  I was determined to not let the drive put my training on hold and luckily I was able to follow through on that.

Saturday we stopped in Saskatoon and the Big Dawgs WOD consisted of cleans and burpees as well as 400m sprints. I had to improvise a bit for the cleans but felt good after that I had done my own variation of the WOD and been able to move around after being in the car for 8 hours.

We arrived in Edmonton on Sunday and had to be at our new place to meet the movers for the unpacking of the truck.  Luckily, I have a very understanding husband who agreed to stay for the unpack while I headed out to the gym on base.  I am pretty excited about the fact that the gym here has its own CrossFit area and was even more excited to see it fairly busy when I arrived.  When I saw the Big Dawgs WOD for the day I cringed a bit as it contained Double Unders and my skipping rope was buried in a box somewhere but I found out the gym had skipping ropes you could sign out.  After a decent warm up I got started and my DU's were horrific-I wanted to curse the new rope(a rubber one rather than my cable one) and then realized that the rope shouldn't matter, I should be good enough to not let the skipping rope dictate how my DU's are that day-lesson learned.  I was able to make up some time in the WOD during the lunges and pull-ups but I still felt deflated once I finished.  Now, a day later, I have decided to start incorporating DU's back into my warm-ups again along with wall balls(my other big weakness).

I am going to try to start posting on here more often about my training and eating to keep me accountable. I have signed up for 2 upcoming events- the Bridge City Beatdown in Saskatoon in September and the Big Dawgs Bash in San Diego in October.  I am hoping to see some of you there!