Amazing Race

Saturday (Day 72) I mainly helped H with our new “plaza” area – sanding in between the stones, then putting down the river stones. It really looks great. I also started soaking the venison for the venison stew that I would be making Sunday. I’m not exa …

Today’s WOD was: “Mary” 20 Min AMRAP 5 HSPU (handstand pushups) 10 Pistols (one-legged squats all the way to the floor) 15 Pull Up I did 8 – scaled MIGHTILY…My HSPU was 2 10 lb dumbbells pressed from shoulders without legs (just “press up”), the Pist …

CONDITIONING For Time Run 1 Mile 100 Squats 50 Push Up 25 Ring Row 50 Push Up 100 Squat Run 1 Mile Oh, Herbert is going to be SO HAPPY that he picked today to return to Crossfit (not!) Yesterday on the way to my class (I’m taking a 6 week course on Eth …

I can’t post our video without Moddie’s permission (wouldn’t be right) but here are our entry photos (one each then one of the team).  

Crossfit workout today: CONDITIONING 25 Min AMRAP 10 Wall Ball 5 Toes 2 Bar 100M Run I still can’t do Toes 2 Bar, but I can definitely get my knees up to “sitting” position while hanging from the bar. I could also swing back a bit today. 5 isn’t so bad …

So I’m just going to type a little here. Last night, Moddie came over, we did our video, she stayed up ’til 2 a.m. to match her photos to her narration and our “team” narration, I got the script together with all the “keys” tied into everything… and …

This morning I got up at 5:30 – I couldn’t sleep any more. Moddie will be coming over today to do the video for the TAR entry. So I had to charge my little hand-held video camera, and am working on getting my “story” down to a minute. We have both uplo …

Sandy’s story (Moddie’s story to be “counter” to this) – gotta make this likely shorter but here’s the idea: As a kid growing up in standard American middle-class suburbia, I was pretty cautious. My Mom still tells stories – much to my dismay! – of hav …

Okie dokie, so remembering that the idea is that the “Relationship” should be interesting to get on TAR, we have black/white, older/younger, shorter/taller, 10 years age dif, LOTS OF COLLEGE/STREET SMARTS, outdoorsy & brave/bookworm….Here are gen …