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Tire flipping & Triathlon

Sunday, May 20, 2012

First off...I'm not the one that ran the triathlon.


Friday was "WOD makeup day" at the gym. You could do any of the workouts from earlier in the week or work on skills. There was only six of us that day. I wanted to do Thursday's workout which was"
400 m run
Three rounds of:
-25 tire flips
-10 pistols (5 on each leg)
-20 dumbell snatches
200 m lunge
200 m run

It was a tough workout! The tire flips were fun, but my biceps and forearms are REALLY sore yesterday and today. I flipped a tractor tire. Those are big and heavy! And the tops of my thighs are very sore from the lunges. Ow ow ow.

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One of my crossfit classmates did a triathlon yesterday. Tom's before and after pics are hanging up at our gym and I never would have recognized him before. He used to be very overweight and out of shape. Now he looks amazing! It's taken a lot of hard work for him and Jess (our trainer).

Jess, her partner Mindy, their daughter, myself and two other crossfit people came to support him. Jess & Mindy brought their puppies so that was pretty fun during the bike race where we were just standing around.

The triathlon consisted of 1000 yard swim, 15 mile bike ride and 3.1 mile run. Tom wanted to finish it in 90 minutes. He did it in 82!!! He was so happy, it was such a great thing to see. I'm so glad we came out to support him. :)
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MOMMASHUTT 5/30/2012 8:05AM

    Tire flipping that is too cool!

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RIQUI1 5/22/2012 6:47PM

    I have been trying to find a tire, to no avail! I live in farm country. You would think that they would be everywhere around here! In fact, I felt a bit bad after, but my husband came home yesterday and told me he had a gift for me. I got all excited and asked if it was a tractor tire. I could feel the disappointment cross my face as he handed me a box that was obviously jewelry and I made a comment about how a tractor tire wouldn't have fit in it! lol I think that there may be something wrong with me!!

I would LOVE to give this a shot and it seems as if it would be a fun workout!

Well done on doing it yourself. Everyone speaks as if it is a very tough workout!

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BMCKEOW1 5/21/2012 2:42PM

    That is so awesome you did the tire flipping and that he finished under his goal. Way to go both of you.

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ANNCHER 5/21/2012 9:22AM

    You had a good workout! Hugs!

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KARIDIAN1 5/20/2012 7:43PM

    Sounds like a tough workout. Yep, flipping tires would be a workout.

The new scale didn't pan out. The picture on the box looked fine, but inside it was pretty light. Both of us weight more on it than on the good one we have. Will stick with what we have for now.

No shooting today, went to the club and it was cold (50's), very windy and starting to rain. Wimped out and ran errands. Kicking back with a movie now.

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