Mon, 1-31-11

Rest

"I got this"

Every time I watch Hoosiers and I hear Jimmy Chitwood say "I'll make it" in the huddle before taking the final shot, I get chills up and down my spine.

Every time I think of what Amy did the day of the 2011 Chevron Houston Marathon, I suspect I will get similar chills.

She was nervous prior - not feeling the best in the days leading up to the race, two bad nights sleep in a row, major weather issues, typical anxiety for a first time marathoner, not too mention she has pretty much figured out she hates running. And in typical fashion the day of she was as cool as cool can be. A total gamer. Mattie "Ice" Ryan meet my wife.

I saw her at multiple points throughout the race and she and the other ladies were cruising in spite of the rain. Good to see, but it was still early and you never know how you are going to handle that last 10K, or so I have been told. Our plan was for me to be at 18, which I was, to replace G2 and potentially run with her b/c this is where she thought her running partners might leave her behind. Basically at Chimney Rock and Woodway. Anyway I am standing at the corner with Laura Butler and we see her in the distance. Mind you I have dropped off all my gear to her parents and am ready to pound out 6-7 miles, stretched and ready to go and be mr superhero supportive hubby. They reach where we are standing, and before I can even open my mouth to ask if she needs me, she raises her hand (never breaking stride) and says "I got this." Total goosebump moment. And it wasn't even so much what she said, which ruled, but how she said it - behind the words were a strength and pride and determination I have been luck enough to witness time and time again.

I stood there just kind of in awe as she hollered over her shoulder to bring her ipod and they kept on keeping on. I filled the bottles, grapped the IPOD, and hauled buns to catch up with them at which time I asked her if she was sure she didn't need me, and before the words had finished leaving my lips, I realized I didn't have to ask. I never should have doubted, this was classic Amy. A basket case in preparation, just nails when it counts. Totally calm, totally confident, a rock on game day. Dude it was just awesome, really took my breath away.

I am so proud of her for what she accomplished, for finishing with a great time, and so thankful to her for reminding me yet again why I love and admire her - beautiful, strong willed, 100% integrity, and beneath all the worrying and second guessing and self doubt is a strength and confidence and peace that just blows me totally away. Said it before, can't say it enough, she is my rock. I am lucky and humbled.

I love you Amy Lee!! I am so proud of you for all your hard work and all you accomplished. Thank you for providing me with an inspirational moment I will never forget!!

(Crap - now the banner for this blog might have to change - CFIT VQ - I GOT THIS. At a min if I ever open a CF box it will be all over the walls and t-shirts!!)

(BTW she is also proud she passed a CFitter wearing a Fit as FU## t-shirt right at the end!!)

Sat, 1-29-11

1200, garage

strength
snatch
5-3-1+
110-125-140

dead
5-3-1+
230-260-290(9)

dead good, had more but lost grip. snatch a disaster, need to regroup, trying to much weight too fast.

metcon
3 rounds
10 x 225# dead
50 double unders

a little less than 6 minutes, did this right after strength work, pooped still.

Fri, 1-28-11

1400, garage

strength
OHS
5-3-1+
140-160-180(9)

press
5-3-1+
130-145-160(3)

front squat
4x5
185-195-205-215

hspu
5x7

all pretty good but the press was a dissapointment and big step in wrong direction.

Thur, 1-27-11

Rest

Wed, 1-26-11

0530, Pearland Y

metcon
3 rounds
run 800
20 pullups
20 swings, 60#

22 minutes of misery, ugly
800s - 6:00 min pace, 2 7:00 min pace with break at 400M
pullups unbroken
first and third swings unbroken

Tue, 1-25-11

0600, Downtown Y

strength
clean
5-3-1+
150-175-195(5)
first two sets felt great, should have gotten 1-2 more at 195#

bench
5-3-1+
195-220-245(8)

squat
3-3-3
275-285-295

50# weighted dip
3x6
pause at btm

calf raise
3x8

stretched and rolled throughout

Mon, 1-24-11

Rest

Sun, 1-23-11

1600, garage

strength
snatch
3-3-3+
105-120-135(4)

dead
3-3-3+
215-245-275(10)

metcon
5 rounds
6 ground to ovhd with ~100# sandbag
20 abmat situps

did not time, maybe ten minutes or so. The sandbag was a muthr bleeper, situps easier than I thought.

Also played outside with boys a lot, took Blue for a walk.

Sat, 1-22-11

1600, garage

metcon
5 rounds
5 wall climbs
3 TGU R - 45#
3 TGU L - 45#
20 box jump, 24"

~24, in the words of chris spealler, the wall climbs got spicey quick. TGUs were tough, but what a great exercise, banged out the jumps more or less unbroken

Fri, 1-21-11

0545, Pearland Y

strength
press
3-3-3+
120-135-155(5)

OHS
3-3-3+
135-150-170(10)

seated calf raise
3x8

l-sit
3x25 sec

metcon
5 rounds
row 250
3 x 60# weighted dip

~10 minutes, avg ~1:40 pace on the 500M split

Thur, 1-20-10

Rest

20 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU BABE!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 1-19-11

0600, Downtown Y

strength
bench
3-3-3+
180-205-230(10)

clean
3-3-3+
140-165-185(5)

jogged 12 minutes

1730, Pearland Y
metcon
did 10 minutes of BC wod
max rounds in 15 minutes
5 manmakers (25#)
15 situps

did some stretching and planks as well

Tue, 1-18-11

0545, Pearland Y

metcon
10 hspu
15 x 250# d/l
25 box jump
50 pullups
100 WB
200 DU
ran horse carrying med ball

~24 minutes, very sluggish, pullups and WB ate my lunch.

Mon, 1-17-11

Rest

Sun, 1-16-11

1500, garage

strength
snatch
5-5-5+
95-110-125(7)

dead
5-5-5+
200-230-260(15)

back squat
5-5-5
225-255-275

Sat, 1-15-11

1600, garage

metcon
5 rounds
7 clap pushup
10 x 135# power clean
run 200M

~14:00. Did everything unbroken, could have been worse.

Fri, 1-14-11

1400, garage

strength
press
5-5-5+
110-130-145(7)

OHS
5-5-5+
125-140-160(10)

HSPU
3x5

tried some hand stand walks but wrist did not cooperate

Thur, 1-13-11

Rest

Wed, 1-12-11

0530, Pearland Y

strength
clean
5-5-5+
135-150-175(7)

bench
5-5-5+
165-195-220(9)

pullup
5-5-5+
35-40-45

metcon
tabata jump rope, half doubles, half singles

50 situp
40 wallball
30 alternating lunge
20 mountain climbers
10 burpees
20 mountain climbers
30 alternating lunge
40 wallball
50 situp

Tue, 1-11-11

Rest

Mon, 1-10-11

0530, Pearland Y

metcon
run 400
15 pullups
50 squats
15 pullups

15 minutes, ran 6:00 mile pace on 400s

Sun, 1-9-11

1500, garage

max rounds in 20 minutes
5 x 115# push jerk
10 x 55# DB swing
10 x 24" box jump

11 rounds, kept slow but steady pace.

Sat, 1-8-11

1100, garage

Metcon
Randy
75 power snatches for time

4:50, PR, previous best 5:30 Oct of '09.

Fri, 1-7-11

1800, neighborhood

Metcon
Ran 1 mile (~7:10) after jogging around neighborhood with boys while they road bikes.

Thur, 1-6-10

Rest

Wed, 1-5-10

1730, Pearland Y

metcon
max rounds in 8 minutes
4 hspu
8 swings, 60#
12 v-ups

not sure how many rounds but kept pretty steady pace, everything unbroken.

finished with double unders and planks

Tue, 1-4-11

0530, Pearland Y

metcon
Barbara
5 rounds
20 pullups
30 pushups
40 situps
50 squats
rest 3 minutes

3:07, 3:54, 4:14, 5:19, 4:47. Slight PR. Crashed hard in round 4 but came back ok. Boys first day back at school after awesome xmas break.

Mon, 1-3-11

1600, garage

metcon
FGB

never fun. subbed jump rope for row, ~280-290 on reps but used 24" box.

Sun, 1-2-11

rest

Sat, 1-1-11

Metcon

5 rounds with 50# DBs
5 deadlift
5 hang cleans
5 push press
5 squat

5:25

Fri, 12-31-10

strength
snatch
5-3-1+
110-125-135(5)

deadlift
5-3-1+
225-255-285(10)

hspu
6x5

had dinner with butlers then went back to their house to play Wii, fun. Boys doing great riding bikes.

Thur, 12-30-10

Rest