the land down under ...

hay!  buddy!  get off my fucking car ...

had a slow sweet 2 hour run up k2 and up/up part of the dingle on sunday!  beauty day for sure to be out on the trail ...

i'm just gonna sit down by the creek ...

view coming up onto the gore ..

kool fungus thingy ...

sigh

and i want to wish my friend kathy tons of luck.  she's heading to australia for 3 months to take some well-deserved (and needed) recovery time after placing 19th in the WORLD in the female 40-44 division at this year's crossfit games!

take care bitch - i'm gonna miss you ...

open redo

i've been missing friday night club the past few weeks so i figured i'd better get my ass back there!  great group as always!!   really good to see little bro again !!

and then there was 'the wedding'.  what a kerfuffle!  i even got my stoopid hair straightened! haaa!  i borrowed a dress from lori and shoes from one of corinne's daughters (thank gawd for friends and clients) and that was about all i needed.   i supposed i looked alright, but i felt like a clown!   i couldn't wait to get home and back into my joe boxers ...

lisa and sara looked HOT !

ahaa!    that's more like it !

 mrs. p looked gorgeous and poopy pants stole the show with her little flowered dress!!

and as for sonia - the bride - she was stunning!

my favorite sister and the redhead were in town last week so i drove to the patch for a visit.  check out how big my grand-niece jayden is getting!!!

my brother and my favorite sister ...

my favorite sister ...

and the redhead!   what a maroon!

LOVE this kid!

great shot of the 3 of us !!

last thursday our club hosted a small comp  called the open redo.  3 VERY short workouts taken from this year's crossfit open.   here's up and coming beast kim p doing a snatch!  she eventually pr'd at 120lbs!  holy fuck!

and her partner kim nelson ...

my two favorite buddies!  (ya, we're going to hell)

actually, i think we're ALL going to hell, and fig's driving the bus ...

toni (with an i) and lisa

oh ya!  check out fig - way to work that snatch !!

 haaa!   hanging out with toni (with an i)

my awesome partner sara !

and the ever popular fucker - father jimmy!

so i had a fun evening hanging out with everyone, but i must say that i prefer the regular comps.  this one lasted less than 3 hours and  i think i only worked out for a total of 5 minutes.   thanks to alex for hosting, but i'm positive that he could put on a much better event.

and my little buddy shar sent me this pic.  apparently it just showed up in her garden ...

love it !

hanging out with kathy in fort lauderdale

 oh ya!   flew into fort lauderdale last monday to meet up and train with kathy for a few days!   she's doing the crossfit games ya know!  she'd been down there for a month and i decided to go down and join her!

the box we're training at is run by steven and heidi bowser - broward crossfit and sports performance facility and what an amazing place! 

the 5 days is a blur!  we basically did crossfit and ate the entire time!   i fucking LOVED it!  kathy spent some time out by the pool sunbathing, but it was way too hot for me!  talk about hoomidity!  ugh!  the last day i did a 23min workout and sweated for 23min after.  and i don't just mean sweat, i mean it looked like i was standing under a shower!  awesome!

here are a few pics ...

power snatches

this little guy was incredible!!!  2 years old and already kicking butt!  

we got to play with the stones!

 lots of power cleans ...

this is billy!  one of the trainers ...

 what a sweetie!

 aha!  i've fallen and i can't get up !!

we got to do some sled pulls!

 and my favorite - the prowler !!!

this is heidi - so kool !!!!!  i think she's injured just about every part of her body yet she still kicks ass!

some shots from the 'dirty thirty' ...

this is carl - he is ADORABLE!

 and of course, just to mess with me, we had to do an interval workout on - dadadadada - the fucking airdyne!   nooooooo!   i thought i was done with this thing ...

best horror face EVER !!!

 haaaaa!   check out steve in the pink hat!  he's like the florida version of alex - pretty much says whatever's in his head, no filter, regardless of outcome!   awesome!!

i must say - i had a blast!  living the life of leisure suited me and i sure didn't want to come home!!   i was exhausted and quite happy to put my feet up once i made it back to the treehouse.

and as for kathy - badkat - i know she's going to be incredible at the games!  she is strong, she is fit and she is ready!   good luck my friend - leave it all out on the floor!