After Two Weeks

After two weeks of time off, I was fortunate enough to be able to rejoin my old box and complete the CFEC Assault Course. I suckered Hannah into doing it as my partner (after all, it was time for pay back for #4#), and had a great time completing the WOD that Chris and Jason designed to mimic a military mission. It just seemed appropriate for me to do it since Dan is in Afghanistan doing missions all the time - I wanted to honor him by completing it. It took us almost 2 hours, but I am proud of us for pushing through and doing the RX weights. (Thanks to Hannah for the photo mash-up after we finished)

Two notable things:
1. After contemplating injury vs soreness, I got a medical opinion. We have been doing a lot of heavy overhead lifts at FTC for the past few weeks (lots of C&J and snatches), and I had developed tendonitis (an overuse injury). I took the advice I was given, which was 2 weeks off, lots of ice, some stretching, occasional NSAIDs, and will power to not do anything stupid. Most of that was easy (minus the "don't do anything stupid" part), and since I had my heart set on the Assault Course, I figured it'd be worth it to wait in order to have the chance of completing it. Clearly it was, I am on cloud 9 after finishing without any pain or any reminder of the tendonitis that I'd developed. Lesson learned: listen to my body, and keep my ego out of it.

2. Long workouts require different nutrition intake than short WODs. I didn't eat enough before the WOD, and I didn't eat enough during the WOD. I could feel myself wilting even though I was taking in plenty of water. The unfortunate thing is that once you realize that you are hungry, it is too late. Three-quarters of the way through, I asked Hannah if she had any food. Fortunately for me, she did, I ate, and felt like superwoman afterwards. Once that nutrition kicked in, I could have kept on going - lifting, pulling, jumping, climbing. Without it, I could hardly lift a 45# KB. Lesson learned: give my body what it needs to do what I'm asking - - PLAN.

I am very grateful to Chris and Jason for allowing us to drop in and do the CFEC assault course. Since I am done without any pain (with the exception of very minor soreness since I am sure I lost a little bit in these 2 weeks of beer drinking and couch sitting), I am raring to go and have found the motivation I had lost due to the discouragement of poor performance during the tendonitis. It has brought new motivation and excitement. I can't wait to get back into FTC this week and start pushing through again.