Amazing Race
Day 39 – “The Cast Questionnaire”…and my secret personal Amazing Race episode task desire…
Posted on: October 6, 2013
Yesterday we took my Mom and Dad out for their 55th wedding anniversary (I think Mom said she calculated and when I’ve been married 55 years I’ll be 99 – !!!), and when we got home at 7:45 I was so wasted I just went to sleep! The Friday workout at Cro …
Read MoreDay 37 – okay, REALLY – ???!!!
Posted on: October 4, 2013
Here was my post this morning on Instagram HERE. I mean – HONESTLY. You’ve just GOT to be kidding me. Now, granted, I’m not doing “full” burpees, or “full” pullups – I do the burpees on the edge of the “desk/box” and then the pullups from 3 of the big …
Read MoreDay 36 (October 3) – Parlez-Vous…?
Posted on: October 3, 2013
Yesterday night I didn’t manage to make it to the Team In Training practice – I was just too damned tired. I did, however, make a nice dinner for H and me ;-) What can I say? Today I met with a business colleague at the Farmer’s Market, and started noo …
Read MorePosted on: October 2, 2013
Okay, so I haven’t QUITE started an Amazing Race-related board yet (I am not sure I want to “come out of the closet” there yet), but I HAVE started pinning a few things on my Pinterest board that I like, including some hats I just found at an amazing w …
Read MoreDay 35 (October 2)
Posted on: October 2, 2013
So, the WOD yesterday was for time: 400 run 30-25-20-15-10-5 overhead press 30-25-20-15-10-5 box jumps (What that means is you did a 400 run, then 30 OHP then 30 box jumps, then a 400 run, then 25 OHP, 25 box jumps, etc.) There were 3 of us – H, …
Read MoreDay 34 (October 1) – TAR take-aways and (surprise!) Crossfit
Posted on: October 1, 2013
So I was able to watch the first episode of The Amazing Race last night. As I have said to R, my “wish upon a star” goal right now is: (1) to get on TAR and (2) not to finish last. I figure that #2 could actually get us right on to the winning position …
Read MoreDays 31, 32, 33
Posted on: September 30, 2013
I have to remember to get some sort of “counting app” for my computer – every time I go to write a blog post on our “365 days to TAR” I have to go back and physically figure it out from the calendar. Duh. I also have to say right off the bat here that …
Read MoreDay 30: First day I had a BLAST at Crossfit – !!!
Posted on: September 27, 2013
overhead squat right outside the garage doors of our box Just came back from Crossfit and HAD to post. I think the main reason I HAD to post is that I had a BLAST today (whilst – ahem – H lifted too heavy and has tweaked his lower back, so I can’t be e …
Read MoreCrossfit, packing, SHOES!I
Posted on: September 26, 2013
Tuesday (Day 27), Wednesday (Day 28), Thursday (Day 29)…. I’m having my resident WordPress guru work on my ability to be able to “add media” and spruce up these posts with photos, but for now I’m stuck with just text and linking out to websites. Hm. …
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