Tuesday
Flew to site extremely early Tuesday morning and upon
arrival/searching for the details on their gym/ getting coffee I spotted this:
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I was extremely curious and interested and eager to make it in time but knew that it’d be unlikely as we work until 6pm then have to catch the bus back to camp (7km) away and still check in. I did however conveniently get a room close to the gym and managed to give it a quick look before dinner that night. I also saw the ‘crossfit’ class and well, it was more like personal training and there was only 1 guy giving it a go while being led by an instructor. He seemed lonely but I had a dinner date(s) and couldn’t (and didn’t want to) join in.
Besides, Cam had given me a nice little WOD to do that night
already…
As mentioned, it was a quick rush for dinner (ends at 7:30)
so this WOD came after. Never a good
idea… I did it then spent about 15 more minutes laying on the floor trying not
to vomit. I kinda blame Cam though – or perhaps
my ego… probably a lot of both. Heh.
Managed 7/13 rounds
This is my ‘I don't feel good’ face – also as noted by
Nick – the décor is outstanding… check out those curtains.
Wednesday
Another full on (and stormy) day on Wednesday but I had
plans – no more WODing after dinner – I figured I could sneak a quick one in
and shower before meeting the crew for dinner.
It also helped that they let me grab the first trip back to camp in the
truck (buses were in Laverton rescuing those from the flights that couldn’t get
back to Perth – yup, stormy).
I had brought my skipping rope with me so figured ‘Annie’
would be a good one to tackle. I had no
expectations and only the tennis court to do this on (not recommended). I also couldn’t barely breathe as I’d woken
up with a sinus infection (why does this happen every time I visit site for
work?)
‘Annie’
50-40-30-20-10
Double unders
Sit-ups
7:01 PR!
I tripped only once on the DU’s around 23 reps into the
round of 40 and that was it. The sit-ups
were steady though painful and when I’d finished I couldn’t even remember my
last time when I gave this a go (back in May – the day I lost my job… remember
ab-mat Annie Tim?) – anyway, I was 30 seconds faster this time. Awesome!
Thursday
There were two WODs today – well, perhaps only one actual
WOD and a little bit of crossfit with some gold bars – a one arm press and a
clean and jerk – with two $620,000, 12 kg gold weights. Yes, highlight of my life… definitely in the
top 10. Match – I think Cooee might need
some new weights… haha!
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| One arm snatch |
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| Had to clean, then press these... felt AWESOME! |
Another WOD planned before dinner. I was feeling pretty weary – something about
4:45am wake up times and being sick so I called in the reinforcements and had
Cam send me another WOD so that I would actually do it – by the end of the day
I probably would have hit the bar with the others and not the ‘gym’ without
this WOD… turns out it was a Southern
Crossfit WOD too… I didn’t find this out until Friday though (but still, I feel
dirty! Mean Cam, mean).
The other upside to getting another WOD in was that I’d been
talking up Crossfit to my colleague Jonathan for a while now and since he was
at site with me and it was our last night there he couldn’t help but be
convinced. I didn’t tell him what the
WOD was until we started warming up but I did laugh at him earlier in the
afternoon when he had thoughts of a 6km run after the WOD.
I did 161 squats and Jonathan did somewhere in the 140’s…
very respectable. I had to deny how
wobbly my legs felt though as his seemed to be just fine. I saw him this morning and he told me that he
was hating me all weekend for how trashed his legs felt – it caught him…
ha! Shows just how effective a 10 minute
WOD actually can be.
Not sure if he’s happy to be alive or just grimacing on the
inside.
Got back on Friday with awesome plans to meet up with Angie –
we WODed at Foam and by WODed I actually meant this…
Cam swung over (any excuse for escaping work and another
coffee?), Nat walked by and stopped for a chat and just as we texted Tim (and
Vini), he and Jack showed up… it’s a happy little place. There may have also been dessert afterward…
I also spent some time there yesterday hanging out with
these kids… and now it’s time for some bananas and mango… ha!
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