I’ve had so many things going, that the blog has fallen by the wayside – sorry about that, non-existent readers! 🙂 One thing I want to do is to try to figure out how to “re-link” the website to iTunes. I have a ton of podcasts that I did now years ago that were tied […]
Author: Sandy
Moxie Madness – The Cave Crossfit Marin Team Rocks It!
This is Sandy, The Cave mascot and inveterate Crossfit scaler. I thought I’d do a quick writeup about The Cave Grrrrls awesome showing in San Jose at Moxie Madness! The drive down to San Jose was really “Event Zero” on Sunday. The rain deluged Marin, and was coming down so hard it was difficult to […]
quick post for 2/5 – “Death At 50”
Crossfit workout today was “Death @ 50.” 50 each of: Ring Row, Box Jump, Toes-To-Bar, kettle bell swing (I did yellow), Lunge Step, Dumbbell Push Press (I did the swirly bar), Deadlift (I did 20k – I was going to do 30k but with this my 3rd day in a row at Crossfit, it was […]
Day 150 (Feb 2): “Conditioning” workouts…
You know, sometimes I think that Bo (our programming director) is just evil. Here is the regular WOD, and the Conditioning WOD, for today: WOD = “OGAR” 14 Min AMRAP 3 Snatch 61/43KG 1 Muscle Up 12 Wall Ball Scaled 14 Min AMRAP 12 KBS 1.5/1P 5 Pull Up 12 Wall Ball CONDITIONING 4 RFT […]
PLEASE do this if you see it TODAY (1/31/2014)
Hey ya’ll: I SO SELDOM ask for anything…PLEASE do this??? My father-in-law is turning NINETY next week. His WONDERFUL wife died a while back, and he’s alone in an apartment in Vienna, Austria (he is Austrian). He is a lovely, lovely man. I would post a photo – but I don’t have one – all […]
Day 145 (1/30) – “I need some Bonnying”; Diana Nyad; GiveIt100.com; WayOfTheWhale.com (Susan Bird), The Gabriel Code
Moddie and I watched the Diana Nyad documentary “The Other Shore” together last night. ARE YOU KIDDING ME – ?!?!?!?!?! WHAT a story! I knew about it “in 2 dimensions” – the aborted tries, the storm, the jellyfish, the training, but – Wow. I didn’t know that she hadn’t swum in 30 years (since her […]
The BEST and EASIEST roast chicken recipe in the UNIVERSE!
You will need: 2 cut up chickens (It’s so good, you’ll want to make 2. Trust me on this one.) 2 seasoned cast-iron skillets (Don’t have them? Go get them. Don’t worry, I’ll wait.) An oven (duh. Preferably a convection roast one, but any oven will do.) Seasoning (I use Andy’s Rub, you do what […]
Day 143 (1/28) – EveryMove app, MindValley, & Misc.
Today H and I will go to Crossfit at 6:30. Workout is: 3 RFT 400M Run 4 Rope Climb 5 RFT 10 Deadlift 100/70kg 5 Wall Walk Up My max in deadlifts was 45k, so that’s like 30k (66 lbs) more than that. Yeah, not. Of course we also know that rope climbs and I […]
Day 142 (1/27) – first Crossfit and Bikram day back
>Went to Crossfit today, though I usually don’t do Mondays (because I have yoga work trade plus I try to do yoga at least this ONE day, for the work trade hours! Yes, I could go EVERY freakin’ day every freakin’ hour but noooo-ooooo, I clean those nasty floors and drains and never use the […]
My Cinderella Moment on Day 137 (yesterday, January 22)
I was supposed to go to Crossfit today (first day back), but the WOD I can make is at 6:30 p.m. and I realized that will not work. Why you ask? Let me explain! Yesterday was my first LONG day out after surgery. I had lots and lots to do . . . talking to […]