Oh me oh my

Friday was a great crossfit workout.  I coached from 5:30a to 7:30a and then headed over for my 8a crossfit workout. 

We did push press for the lifting portion of the workout.  And we had a great workout ahead of us.

WOD:

1 minute on, 30 seconds rest. 10 rounds.

sprint 80m

atlas stone carry for distance

I looked at the workout and dreaded the atlas stone carry.  I completed 7-80m walks with the stone in the 10 minutes.  560m with the atlas stone of 10(think it in the 40# range).  

I took each sprint as hard as I could.  Some were slower than others, particularly in the end.  And carrying objects is way harder than it looks.  It wears you out quickly.  The rest in between the rounds was very welcomed.  And felt too short.

This week along with my bootcamp classes that I'm teaching I have a spin + core class on Tuesday AM and I'm planning to go for a run this week...distance is undetermined.  And I have a crossfit workout on Wednesday.  And on Saturday I'm doing Tough Mudder.  I can't believe it's here and I'm actually doing it.  Can't wait!

Woot!

Today is the let's preorder iPhone 5 to get it on the 21st.

Also, I am teaching at 5:30a this morning so I was up a little earlier to put in my preorder.  You know, before the rest of California was awake.

I switched from blackberry to iphone in August 2011.  I have the iPhone 4.  It's been buggy lately, slow to respond.  Losing calendars and notes.  And a week ago my camera app decides it's taken it's last picture.  Fun, right?  You don't realize how many photos you take with your camera app until you can't.  Major bummer.  I didn't do a full restore since I knew the announcement was coming. 

In other news, we're heading to San Diego this weekend to watch the Titans take on the Chargers on Sunday afternoon.  Can't wait!!!

Work it Out

As you can see, I like to post some of the harder workouts on twitter with the hashtag of #workitout.  I know working out and eating a healthy diet is part of keeping a healthy and happy life.

I wasn't scheduled to teach on Wednesday so I signed up for a crossfit workout.  And then I realized our bootcamp was doing a Fit Test on the same day.  I went to crossfit at 7am and then bootcamp at 9am.  I did a double workout in 3 hours.  Needless to say, resting the rest of the day and Thursday is on the books.

WOD at Crossfit-we did deadlifts for the weightlifting part of the workout.
50 burpees
40 kb swings (14kg)
30 pull ups (modified with band)
Time: 10:12

This was brutal.  You know as soon as you get through these burpees everything else can be a piece of cake.  Though for me, pull ups are the hardest for me.  I did the burpess in sets of 10, with no real break during them.  I know once you stop, it's 10x harder to restart again.  The kb swings aren't that bad.  These were tough after all those burpees.  Now the pull ups are tough.  These don't get easier, no matter what I do.  I did them in sets of 5, and tried to increase the set to 6.  And then I would just try to get 3 or 4 in without taking a rest.

I was just so glad to be done with that workout.

Fit Test: there are 2 options, timed mile with timed exercises or the endurance test-10 sets of each: burpees, squats, push ups, and sit ups.  Then a lap around the park-maybe .5 mile.  For the endurance test, you go 2, 3, or 4 times and get your time at the end. 

Had I not done the workout before this, I would have gone 4 times.  On my 3rd lap, I knew I would significantly slow down if I continued.  I finished 3 rounds of the endurance test in 12:02.  Not too bad.  I also hadn't really run much since my half marathon which was a month ago. 

After we did the fit test, we had some stations with hurdles, TRX, jump ropes, tricep push ups and side kicks. 

I was completely spent after these workouts.  I came home and had a Smart Ones breakfast scramble and showered. 

Wordless Wednesdays-Katniss

Sushi for dessert

Last weekend we went to a sushi restaurant in SF.  We got the standard items: sake, hamachi, spicy tuna hand roll.  And we also got some rolls that were unique to this restaurant.

However, the one thing that stuck out was their dessert sushi.  Yes.  Dessert sushi.

They had a cookie dough roll.  Vanilla gelato with cookie dough on the outside and chocolate syrup drizzled on top.

Now, I don't order dessert.  Unless it's part of a tasting menu.  I don't have too sweet of a sweet tooth and I'd rather have a drink :) for those calories.  When the waitress mentioned this, everyone at the table were wondering the same thing, how many should we order.  There were 5 of us.  We ordered two!

Check it out!

Cupcakes

Joel bought me a small set of frosting tips a while ago.  I got a bug to bake on Wednesday evening and decided to use them.  Yes I was watching the opening NFL game while baking and I had a vodka tonic on the side. 

I found a recipe for small batch cupcakes (who needs 12 when you can make 8?) from Dollhouse Bake Shoppe.  So since the cupcakes were vanilla, I knew the frosting had to be orange.  Go Vols!

I went to the grocery to grab all the ingredients and some dinner and I was off.  The recipe was really simple, though softening the butter is very important.  And I didn't use 1 cup of anything, it was all in smaller measurements.  And being precise is key.  I did end up having to make 2 batches as I overfilled the first ones and they overflowed the tin.  Good thing I had 3 eggs when I started :)

For the frosting, I followed the directions on the food coloring to make orange.  I did put in two sets of the drops though.  I really wanted the orange to stand out.  And of course, shaping them in the T was very important.  Can't wait to taste one.

Friends, Food, Drinks! Oh my!

We headed up to Napa Valley for the weekend for a fabulous wedding.  We first got to our hotel on Saturday afternoon and decided to explore a bit through geocaching.  We found 5-6 caches before calling it an afternoon and heading into the hotel bar for a drink.  We ended up playing cards at the bar for a couple of hours before deciding on heading to Morimoto for dinner that night.  Our reservation was at 10:30pm.  Too late for the omikasa.  Still a great place to dine.

The wedding was gorgeous.  At each table for dinner there was a bottle of Vodka on each table.  And we had cocktail hour before and right after the ceremony.  Needless to say, I was so glad we had a shuttle back to the hotel. At each place setting was 2 wine glasses, champagne glass, water glass and a shot glass.  Dinner was amazing-check out this menu

We danced the night away. And made our way back for brunch the next morning.  It was so great to have a bloody mary on Monday AM.

After the wedding, we headed to Golden Gate Park to do some geocaching before heading to a bar to watch the GA Tech game.  We were there with a friend that went to GA Tech.  The vibe in the bar was amazing....until it went into overtime.  We headed to sushi for dinner in SF and then came home.

Overall it was a great weekend mixed with friends, good food, games, geocaching and drinks.  Can't complain.