This morning seemed like a long workout, a long time in the box. In reality I spent the exact same amount of time I've been there every other early morning. I slept fine last night. I am worn out, though, by working out four days in a row. Now, Saturday was aborted. But I still did part of the warmup, and the tshirt that says "My warmup is your workout--CROSSFIT" is entirely true. I'm just bodily tired.

We worked on squat/squat clean/squat snatch first. As I was telling a coworker earlier, the attention they pay to proper form and instruction and correction throughout the workout is the marvelous thing about my box ad why I feel so lucky to have found kivnon. I lost count of the amount of squats/cleans I did, but trust me it was quite a few!

When we started the AMRAP--just ten minutes, easy peasy!--I very quickly discovered that my thighs were shot. 5 rows--work, but doable. 7 box dips--definitely work, but doable. Fence run...aaahhh, I want to cry. The first (my second of the morning) happened. I spent the entire time telling myself, "You're doing a box run via the fence. Easy! Just a box run!" And I did make it. When I started the second it felt like my feet were stuck to the ground. I tried telling myself "Just a box run!" but just as quickly snapped at myself to shut up. So I tried coaching myself through lifting my knees to give me more propulsion and speed. It worked, for the first three quarters of the distance. Third run I got about half. Final run I did most of it--I would like to think I was getting into my groove, but the reality probably was that I was afraid of not getting back to the box before time was called. Whatever, it all works.

I finished four rounds + 6 (5 row, 1 box dip) in the 10 minutes. Never think a short AMRAP will be easy. Never, ever. It's a trap.