open prep throwdown



 i was asked by mary c if i wanted to be her partner in the open prep throwdown in mississauga last week.  'only if you drive', i said, 'it's south of 7.'  and with a very strange look she agreed to the terms.  so braving the stoopid snowstorm on thursday night, we made our way to the mighty one's gym for a 7:00 start.   grabbing fig as our judge, we got ready for the first wod - 10:00 to find our 10 rep max deadlift.  mary had previously reached 105, a little nervous to go higher because of a back injury.  she stepped it up considerably though and pr'd with 135lbs!
 

i had done 195 before, and was quite happy to reach 205.  with under a minute to go, kathy convinced me to try 210.  SUCCESS!  a new 10 rep max!  thanks kathy!
 

the second wod was pretty gross!  an 8:00 AMRAP with the two of us doing rounds of 6 power cleans, 12 burpees over bar (barf) and 12 wallballs.  again, we recruited fig as our judge!

the final wod had us alternating between a 300m row, 15 thrusters (barf again) and kettlebells swings for 6:00.  this one wasn't too bad, except for the thrusters of course, and i would have liked it to be longer ...

stoopid rowing!

and why is it almost every pic i have of me and the mighty one, he's yelling at me?!  stoopid thrusters!!

a job well done rookie!  great having you as a partner!

and here are a few pics i stole from the cfm website.  honored to be in the company of such amazing ladies - sarah, tania and kathy!

my buddy kim ...

judge sara - i want to be strong like her when i grow up ...

the bad one ...

great to see her competing again!

thomas and to-nay ...

'figstina' ...

horizontal burpee masters anthony and dave ...

bar muscle ups!  jeezuz!

4 wicked snatch shots - jason I ...

his partner anthony ...

to-nay ...

and thomas ...

and it wouldn't be complete without a pic of father jimmy - mmmmm - too bad he has his shirt on ...

mary c and toni (with an i) ...

thanks everyone - that was fun!

despite winter being relentless this year, i am trying to make the best of it.  my 'speed' work has been temporarily put on hold - trails are okay but in no condition to run 'fast', and i refuse to run on the road - sign of the devil - sorry D !  and can you blame me - the forest is soooo pretty ...

 always sporting this hat cuz 'dions' rock ...

stoopid winter!

AND i'm still living at the palace.  let's see - which tv shall i watch today?
this one ...

this one ...

or this one ...

gee!  life is rough ...

have a nice day !

 so the weather got a bit better this week, allowing for half tights!  this is palgrave on thursday ...

tuesday morning at the gym i saw my amazing buddy jose trying these, so i figured i'd give it a go.  no injuries were incurred ...

the mighty one refuses to turn the heat on at cfb, so we're all resorting to ghetto tactics to stay warm.   toddy says it looks like i just walked in off the street and started squatting ...

and as of wednesday night i still didn't have water at the farm.  i was contemplating what to do when i received a call from momma nardella all the way from arizona.  it went kinda like this.  'what the fuck are you still doing at that place?  you have no heat and no water (i did actually have heat) and i won't have my favorite daughter (i'm not really one of hers, but she still calls me her favorite) living like that!  pack up some stuff and get over to the house NOW!!!'   and knowing better than to argue with mum, i did as i was told.  so now i'm 'slumming' it with sarah: heated floors, 2 dishwashers, a spa, a hot tub, heat by just flipping a switch, a sauna, lots of warm water - shit, i may never leave!

 
that's just the tub ...

 

saturday was a beauty of a day! i headed into palgrave for a couple of hours.  trails were fairly well packed down so i didn't need the dions.
 

bliss ...

sunday mass with father jimmy was INSANE this week!  there were so many people he had to scrap the planned workout and make up one that would accommodate all of us.  it was NASTY!  when the last rep was counted, i had done 100 front squats at 95lbs!   OUTSTANDING!  i really love these types of workouts - leaving with the feeling that you won't walk for 2 days!!   thanks fucker!!!!

and just because i felt like it, i rounded out the weekend with an hour plod through deep snow on the humber valley trail.
 

and i leave you with this ...

 

i'll take water please ...

 ahhhh!  check out the redhead!  he got his curls cut!  still so adorable though ...

and of course, more snow made for more challenges running!  i decided to trek through albion tuesday to do my tempo run and seizure repeats.  it was kinda pretty ...

did my 'fast' running on the road, which was pretty much like a packed down trail ...

stoopid snow!

i know it all looks the same, but i did a couple of hours on the dions in albion on saturday.

i wanted to get a pic hanging off this, but there was nobody around to take it and nothing to set my camera on!  just as well, i prolly would have slipped off ...

 ahhh!  a job well done!

and then after sunday mass with father jimmy, breakfast club, and training the grumpy little portuguese,  i slipped, literally, into albion for a lazy 45min.

and i'm not sure why i'm smiling here, cuz my water's frozen AGAIN and it looks like i'll be hauling buckets until spring ...

yes little redhead, me thinkest we dost protest this latest inconvenience!

finally, i want to say a HUGE waytogo to one of my many incredible clients.  i've been training donna for over a year now, and her progress has been amazing.   this is her about 4 years ago - and i truly appreciate her being nice enough to let me use this pic!

 here she is today - 60 pounds lighter and 'jacked' !!!  last spring i talked her into volunteering for the cycle for sight ride i do with the invincible michael ovens.  she was so inspired that she signed herself up that very day and will be riding from alliston to collingwood come june!  not bad for a 58 year old!   keep it up girl - you fucking rock!!

so that's it!  have a good week!  and let me know if anyone wants a roomie until the fucking ice melts!