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    Breaking a habit


    2011 - 09.27

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    Breaking habits are tough. They say it takes 21 days to break a bad one. For me, its been trying to get back into a workout routine while continuing with school. I am on my 3rd CF workout after Fight Gone Bad and the soreness is pretty intense. I feel the stiffness on my nech and shoulders, but I know that as long as I keep going the soreness will subside. No pain, no gain right?!

    Today was my second day in a row to do a morning WOD. 6:30 am is not a happy place for me but surprisingly I was able to get out of bed and get my happy butt down to the gym. Alamo CF recently moved to a new location on 281 North which is a little out of my way, but luckily for me, the coaches kept it in the family and now dubbed the original location- Constitution Crossfit!

    I freaking love the logo. Any-who… only 19 more days to break the habit. Wish me luck!

    Here are my last completed WOD’s

    9/22 “Manion”- 400 meter run, 29 Back Squats, 7RFT (31:41)

    9/26 “Angie”- 100 Chins, 100 Pushups, 100 Situps, 100 Squats (22:12)

    9/27 “3 Amigos” 10 Pushups & 15 Box Jumps, 5 minutes AMRAP (4 1/2) + 10 K2E, 30 D.U’s (130 scaled) for 5 minutes AMRAP (2), 10 Burpees & 20 Hollow Rocks for 5 minutes AMRAP (2 1/2)

     

    Fight Gone Bad 6


    2011 - 09.18

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    I competed in my third ever Fight Gone Bad competition this past Saturday. By saying that I ‘competed’ in the competition, I really mean that I was competing against myself. With school, work and the occasional wedding planning taking over my life I have not had the necessary time to indulge in my favorite cross fit activities.  Even though I had not participated in an official WOD since March, I told myself that there was NOOOOO way I was missing Fight Gone Bad. I have stayed in shape these past few months by doing the occasional work out and 5K run, but none of those workouts can compare to the intensity of this specific work out.

    I signed up for the team in order to contribute the the overall cause which happened to be the Special Operations Warrior Foundation this year. The proceeds from this charity are going to provide college scholarships to the children of fallen soldiers. Who wouldn’t want to help them?!?!? Thanks to the donations of dear friends and family, I was able to raise $467 towards the Alamo Crossfit (ACF) team goal. In addition to the money raised, I made a promise to honor these fallen warriors by givin 17 minutes of my time and participating in FGB6.

    Regardless of my physical shape, regardless of the mental state I found myself in, I reminded myself that excuses were for the weak and I AM NOT weak!

    Fight Gone Bad consists of 3x 5 minute rounds. Each minute in the round consists of a single station. I started with Box Jumps which means my rotation was: Box Jumps, Push Press, Rowing, Wall Balls and Sumo Dead-lift High Pulls. Funny enough, this was the exact same rotation that I got last year! The Alamo Crossfit gym raised the most amount of money for the SOWF charity WORLD-WIDE! That is an amazing achievement. They raised over $70K which contributed to the overall FGB total of over $2.1 million dollars!

    Warriors at Heart


    2011 - 09.12

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    With all of the remembrance going on this past weekend, in honor of the ten year anniversary of 9/11, we felt the desire to contribute in some way. We wanted to show our admiration and respect to all the lives lost on that sad day. One of our Team Leads, Stacy Adams, found the “Warriors at Heart” 5K run/walk taking place at McAllister Park. All of the proceeds from the race were going to the Wounded Warrior Project, which is a charity I am extremely passionate about. I was ‘in’ the second it was mentioned and by the time we sent out emails to our teams, we got 16 runners/walkers signed up and ready to race!

    This past Saturday a group of Running Rackers (our team name) woke up at the crack of dawn in order to show their pride and support for the Wounded Warrior Project. It was a nice breezy morning in comparison to the heat wave we in San Antonio have become accustomed to. I grabbed a light jacket and a nice hot cup of coffee to keep me warm while my team started to set up our tent at 7am. It was amazing to see everyone’s smiling faces and excitement as we stretched and got prepared for the run. We had a few Rackers that were participating in their first EVER 5K! We tightened our shoelaces, stretched our muscles and walked towards the starting mark. The Running Racker team was easy to spot since we were all sporting our camouflage headbands with the word RAX placed right in the center. Our friends and family core value really showed throughout the race as Rackers ran side by side cheering their teammates on and our entire team stayed until the very last Racker had crossed the finish line.

    It was a great feeling to hear your teammates cheer you on and scream your name as you were crossing the finish line. There was a definite sense of teamwork!

    Not only was I proud to be an American, but I was proud to be a Racker that day. The amount of pride and happiness I felt was inexplicable.

    I want to thank everyone who ran/walked/jogged that day. You made my day and I can’t wait to do it again!! I completed the run in 30 minutes and 10 seconds which kept me at a good 10 minute/mile pace. I am happy enough with that :)

    UTSA Roadrunner Football!


    2011 - 09.08

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    This past Saturday I got to cheer for my UTSA Roadrunners in Football! All these years of cheering on the UT Longhorns can’t compare to the excitement and pride I felt when seeing my Alma Mater run onto the football field. Almost 57,000 people attended the Inaugural game- making it an NCAA record breaking crowd for a first time college game.

    It was great to see all my old classmates, my Sigma Kappa sorority sisters and fellow UTSA Rackers tail-gaiting and in the stands. College Football is in San Antonio, Texas and it is here to stay! WOO-HOO. Congrats to the Roadrunners on their 31-3 victory. Still undefeated. Birds Up!!!

    Sleepless in San Antonio


    2011 - 09.07

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    It seems like forever since the last time a blogged. So many things have happened this year! I started working on my Masters Degree, I got engaged, celebrated another birthday, welcomed another nephew into the world, spent a lot of time with Steve’s and my family, UTSA football kicked off, etc!!!! At night I find myself wanting to write about all the life changing experiences I have gone through these past few months but I am just too exhausted to collect my thoughts and write a witty article.

    It used to be that I was so tired I would fall asleep with absolutely no issues…. there wasn’t a single thing that could keep me from my sleep. Except for food of course! But lately, I find my mind racing. Whether work, family, friends or school it just doesn’t seem to want to shut off. I wonder if a lot of it has to do with the fact that I stopped working out like I used to or that my brain is challenged daily with school work or I am trying to figure out where my career and future are heading? Who knows- maybe its a collection of all things.

    As I entered the last year in my 20′s I realized that growing up and being a responsible adult is not AT ALL what I envisioned as a child. Sure, you have more independence and money to spend but you also have more responsibilities and headaches to deal with. Putting your ducks in a row so you can start to have a family becomes priority number 1. Don’t get me wrong… I am not complaining. I LOVE my life! I am blessed with a great job, a wonderful family, loyal friends and a loving fiance. I just never thought that with all of these wonderful things in my life that I would find it difficult to sleep at night.

    A coworker suggested Dream Water. That didn’t work for me. I found it made me sleepy and 2 hours later I was completely awake. Melatonin did the same thing. Tylenol PM and Nyquil became my best friends but I stopped taking them because they cant be good for your liver. I saw a doctor and he prescribed me some sleeping medication. That seems to be the only thing that helps. Thats sad isn’t it? How is it that when my life was more chaotic, I got better sleep?  Anyways, if anyone knows of a good natural sleeping remedy please share with your girl :)

    Sweet Dreams to you all,

    Soph