I actually got some sleep last night. Although my back (really it is my left hip at this point) is still acting up the pain did not keep me awake all night.
Since I chose not to do my KB workouts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to give my back/hip a chance to recover, I had promised myself that I would go to Crossfit this morning, if only to walk through the class. Got there at 6A. Sharon and Eric were my classmates and Brian and Jerry were the trainers from you know where.
I decided to just do the best I could in class. I did not say anything about my pain. I figure that these folks know me well enough to see when I am not able to do my best. I don’t want to make excuses up front.
We did 5 minutes of squats that I really suffered through. I can’t get the depth I normally get, the hip is saying “no way”.
I was happy with my jump rope performance this morning. I did the 1 minute of jump rope at a nice, slow even pace (120 jumps) without a single error. When I first started I could hardly do one jump and my legs were screaming. It’s a small, but significant accomplishment.
In the back of my mind I keep thinking that all my “extra” practice on rope jumping and double unders last week might have been what triggered my back. That was the only real difference from what I had been doing. If I could only figure out what causes my back to act up I would be sure not to do that anymore.
Our WOD was:
10 Medicine Ball Cleans
10 Burpees
10 Pullups
5 sets for time
I immediately fell to the back of the pack with the Burpees. I remember the last time we did these I did pretty good, in fact Jerry had even commented on how good I was getting down on the floor. This time I just tried to find a way to get down to the floor without falling on my face and get back up and do a jump. It was very ugly.
I kept on going with the encouragement of Brian and Jerry, ready to puke at any moment. I watched my HR monitor closely because I was going above my 150 mark. In the end I met my goal for the workout….I was still alive.
My back actually felt much better after the workout, however, as the day went on I could tell it was still in trouble. Perhaps in a couple of days this back event will be over.
It’s been a week since we buried Aunt Mary. Debbie spoke to her son today and learned that he has lost his job. Fortunally his wife is out of Cleveland Clinic back to work half days.
Debbie’s sister C goes to full time at work starting Monday.
Debbie is counting down the days until her Myrtle Beach vacation. Just 18 to go. I just hope that the hurricane season for the east coast is over. They have never run into a hurricane all the years she has been going but the weather is very strange this year.