The Bolder ladder...and some other stuff!

Well, apparently I didn't realize that I missed Friday!

Friday we did "Challenge Stations" - 3 rounds, 1 minute rest between rounds

- DB goblet squats (25 lbs)
- Pullups
- Split Jumps
- Sandbag cleans (50 lbs)
- Kettlebell swings (16 kg)
- Burpees

I did about 10-12 reps better on this one than I did last time.  The first 2 rounds, I feel like I cranked it - then dropped like a lead balloon on the last round.  I think I got 90 something first round 89 or so the second...and about 70  the last.  My total was 249 I believe.  Obviously, I've obliterated the memory of this one from my mind!  

This was also the weigh in for the end of the "diet challenge".   I did not drop an ounce of weight, but managed to eek out 1 mm of fat globules from my tricep and 7 from above my bellyl/hip.  So - that's ok, I guess.  I try really hard not to get down about the lack of weight loss itself, and the poundage that refuses to leave.  I try to keep focus on the positive, like the inches lost, etc.  But,  I have to admit, it gets to me a bit when I hear complaints about only losing  one or two pounds.  Right now, I've been stuck for so long, I would love to see those 1 or 2 pounds.  Yes, I have something funky going on with my thyroid meds right now, but it doesn't make it any easier, when I'm working just as hard as everyone else with no results - at least not on the scale.  Like I said, most of the time I can and do focus on the positive - the clothes, the compliments I've gotten, overall the way I feel, and the reality of what I would look like if I wasn't putting this effort into it now.  So anyone out there complaining that you only lost a pound or two a month - be grateful and proud. It's still an accomplishment, and you can't drop 20 without losing it one pound at a time.  

Yesterday, Memorial Day, Patty convinced me to do the Bolder Bouler - a 10 K run.  Me, who despises running with a blood red hot passion, promised to do this.  I try to never break my promises.  Although Sunday night I was wondering why.   What sane person would pay quite a bit of money, to get up at a totally uncivilized hour to run 10 K?? I mean really!!  It's crazy!  But I did it.  Up at 445am - yes - that is the 4 o'clock hour - completely nuts!  Catching a 6am bus to Boulder.   Now, the funny part, is that my wave didn't even start until 9am , but if I didn't go with Patty, I would have bailed.  No doubt about it!  Patty was going early because her niece was running in one of the early legs.  She was downright impressive!  She finished in 50 minutes - or something insane like that!  We decided to run 1K, walk 1K - alternatively.  I have to say, this was a really good way to go.  I actually did a pretty good job for once of not going all out and killing myself right away. Could I have run further??  Probably.  Patty agreed with me on this, but we decided to follow the plan to make sure we really finished still feeling relatively ok.    It was kind of funny - by the end of the 1 K walking - I was ready to run. I think I can take about 1K of repetitive motion - be it walking, running, ...anything...then I'm over it.  The ironic part is that I found this 10K easier than the 5K I walked for the Cherry Creek Sneak (and I cheated on that one!).  Isn't that bizarre - goes to show - I really do hate doing the same thing over and over and over...for miles on end.  So, end result - I'm happy I did it.  Thanks Patty for talking me into it!

Tonight was the one arm KB ladder - 16kg.   My day ended in a way, wicked bad way.  Frustrated, bitter and in tears at 545p.    Went to the 630pm.  It's amazing to me, how people, and sweat can turn things around.  Tonight there was Patty, Tricia, Jonathan, Luke and myself.   Everyone was in a great mood, and holy moly - I'm thankful I have something that can turn my mood around so easily, keep me from coming home every night, a bitter, angry, unhappy person.   So, good news, I knocked 30 seconds off my time. Finished in 8 minutes flat - even after doing 10K yesterday.   Maybe I should go to the 20kg Kettlebell next time - push things a bit out of my comfort zone.  That's usually a good thing isn't it?