Oh, and BTW, my new fancy fundraising page for Boston is up! I'm working on putting some final touches on the page, but it usually doesn't like letting me log in. Check it out, please donate to this incredible cause, and look for some fun/interesting ways to participate soon!
One of my Crossfit trainers defined the concept perfectly: Crossfit is meant to prepare your body to perform any activity at any time.
I've been with my gym Crossfit Pacific Coast for almost a year now. I actually started a regular weight lifting routine because I noticed a difference between the amount of strength training I did and the amount of endurance and injuries I had. I was able to increase my overall pace and virtually eliminate all the nagging injuries I had experienced when I first started running. A friend turned me onto crossfit, and I've been hooked ever since.
My concern with my Crossfit training regimen has come with my current year of marathon training. Here's my schedule to date:
- April 16: Boston
- May 12: Santa Ynez Wine Country Half
- June 10: Camp Pendelton Mud Run
- October 14: Nike Women's Marathon
- December 2: California International Marathon
That's a lot of endurance races and I wanted to make sure I am ready for every one of them without burning myself out. Initially, my workout schedule consisted of:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
5 miles Crossfit Track Work Crossfit 3-4 miles Long Run OFF
Needless to say, I was concerned about killing myself. My coach encouraged me to focus on resting (uh, yes please), so we rearranged my schedule just a tad so I was doing two workouts on Monday and Thursday, but RESTING Tuesday and Friday. Three days off a week? Yes please! I'm curious to see how this turns out - it's going to take a lot of focus to stay with this schedule.
Honestly, I can't tell if I'm lazy or a glutton for punishment with this schedule, but full days off sound awesome to me.
letlet me know how two-a-days goes - my crossfit coach suggested the same thing.
ReplyDeleteThe first one wasn't too bad. They recommend doing the workouts a few hours apart (so you can recover), but I don't have that kind of time in my day, so I'm doing my run right before Crossfit...I'll keep you posted!
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