What have you done lately that has taken you out of your comfort zone?
On Saturday my fellow Pride RXers and I headed over to Oleta River State Park to participate in the 2013 Super Spartan Race, which is an 8.3 mile obstacle course run in and through some tough terrain. Thanks to my training schedule for the last few weeks, I felt confident that I would be able to get through the course with no too much trouble. I was also confident that our entire group would finish strong. I was right on both counts. There were some touchy moments (as to be expected when you have 8 queens running outdoors in the 1:00pm Miami sun doing burpees in rock gravel and body crawling though rocky mud). In the end, however, it was cheers and laughs as we all celebrated the accomplishment of finishing.
(Click here for the "finish line" crossing video)
It's now crossed off the bucket list and filed under "never again".
Do you know what is (not) the best way to recover from an 8.3 mile obstacle course run?
Doing "Fran".
Twice.
Sunday Funday got under way at the box with a 1rm Snatch test. I was still foggy from the day before (that's my story and I am sticking to it). So my 175# didn't get me on the leader board. It was somewhat disappointing, but to be expected considering the previous days events.
Shortly thereafter Coach Brad announced the WOD.
"Fran" he says with a sly grin.
At which point a collective "UGHHH" coupled with some serious eye rolling echo throughout the box. To be honest, it may just have been me.
3,2,1 Go.
7:02 later I'm done.
Another less than stellar performance, but what’s
done is done, right?
Wrong.
Right then, as I am writhing on the floor, working on catching my breath, my judge Katie (Sunday Funday WODs are always judged) whispers in my ear "in 3 minutes, you're doing it again".
To quote (now) Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence; when asked what she was thinking when she fell on stage to collect her Oscar "That one four-letter f-word, I actually think I said it when I was down there".
I definitely said it.
So with the clock still ticking, I went again.
25:37- Final time.
So how do you recover from all of that pile of tremendous SUCK?
You get invited to a South Beach Wine and Food Festival Event and gorge yourself on delicious eats provided by the Food Trucks. Thank you to Gal and Kali for the invite to the "Trucks on Midtown Tracks" event which was hosted by Andrew Zimmern. Disciplined diet be dammed. I enjoyed all sorts of treats including what I considered the hands-down best bite of the day from "Waffleosophy" which was a curry beef with pineapple on a savory waffle, with honorable mentions to Mr. Zimmern's Hot Dog truck, and a fabulous crab cake slider from the Palate Party truck.
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