Monday: 5.46km, avg 7:09/km

Wednesday: 9:70km, avg 5:43

thursday crossfit

Mobility: animal crawls, jumping

deadlifts (PR, 175 lbs), weighted chinups (5×3)

Metcon: Rowing 500m (2x), handstand wall walks (2x): 1:53/1:59 rowing

It’s down to the finish line. Or in my case, the starting gate.

My legs are tired but good and the tapering will help immensely. The biggest issue is not eating so much. You get use to consuming anything and everything that seems remotely healthy to get nutrients into your system. This week is trying to remain on my best behavior. Next week is carb load up, so I feel a trip to Taylor’s will be in my future on Monday or Tuesday.

I scored a personal record in deadlift during CrossFit. Deadlifts are the “easiest” of the Olympic lifts but it’s still pretty damn hard. I wanted to be able to lift my weight (which at the moment is about 170-172, depending on when you talk to me and what I just ate). I thought 175 would be difficult and it was but I definitely felt I could lift more. That was a good feeling.

At this point, I worry about overtraining. For roughly six months, I’ve ran four days a week and CrossFit once. With some exceptions, that’s been the schedule. It’s been great but I can definitely feel it. My knees get tight, as do my quads and calves. My shoulders are still sore from all those handstands (which I can now do!). I worry how my body is going to hold up but that was the whole point of training. If I didn’t do all this work, then I know my body wouldn’t be able to go the distance.

So now, the goal is to bring it home and enjoy the ride.