Christine Lukasik

Kassidy

Kassidy


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Beautiful Kassidy @ ElectrObama

I'm certified!

I owe a much longer writeup on this but for now - a couple of photos of me during the CrossFit Level 1 Certification held at CrossFit EastSide, my home gym, last weekend. It was an amazing experience for which I owe great thanks to Michael and Carrie, my amazing CrossFit EastSide coaches and friends. During the cert I completed a modified “Fran” (classic CF workout) - 21-15-9 reps of Thrusters and pull-ups. Classic for men is 95lb thruster and full pull-up, 65lb for women. I did 55lb with jumping pull-ups.



Here I’m at the bottom of a 55lb thruster - being coached by Todd Widman from CrossFit Flathead.



Click on the photo to go to Flickr and see me at the top of the thruster and hugging coach Michael after I finished. He made this amazing accomplishment possible. For that - and a million other things – I send my most earnest thanks.



More earnest and enthusiastic thanks to Carrie for her encouragement, love, and friendship – for her cheering and coaching during this workout, for taking these photos, and graciously allowing me to post them here.

CrossFit Workout of the Day (WOD)

Today’s workout

20 Double Unders

20 Wall Ball Shots (10lb med ball)

20 Walking Lunges

4 Rounds for time.

Time: 18:50

Good news? Double unders are getting a ton better. Faster - I'm able to bang out a couple in a row - sometimes even 5! But I still have periods during the attempt for 20 wherein I miss about 8 singles all ina row. Improvement, fo' so'. Toward the end began to string wall ball shots together which, according to Michael, makes them easier/look less like a beat down. Bad news? 18:50. With a little pacing I can get this time way down.

Jennifer at top of a thruster

Jennifer at top of a thruster


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Local fireROCKER Jennifer Oltmann rocks her "Fran" thrusters at the CrossFit Level 1 cert this weekend.

Grief is a Mouse

Had been feeling the weight of some thoughts/sadness unspoken this morning and found this little new-to-me gem by Emily Dickinson.

Grief is a Mouse —
And chooses Wainscot in the Breast
For His Shy House —
And baffles quest —

Grief is a Thief — quick startled —
Pricks His Ear — report to hear
Of that Vast Dark —
That swept His Being — back —

Grief is a Juggler — boldest at the Play —
Lest if He flinch — the eye that way
Pounce on His Bruises — One — say — or Three —
Grief is a Gourmand — spare His luxury —

Best Grief is Tongueless — before He'll tell —
Burn Him in the Public Square —
His Ashes — will
Possibly — if they refuse — How then know —
Since a Rack couldn't coax a syllable — now.

“pounce on his bruises”… wow. That’s incredible.

Sigur Ros

Sigur Ros


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All kinds of AMAZING show last night at Benaroya Hall, Seattle.

MS Flag Football

MS Flag Football


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It rained (poured at times actually), we lost, and I'm still hooked! Off to buy some cleats for next week!

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss


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Awesome show!

CrossFit Update

Wow – last night’s CrossFit EastSide workout (5:30 class): Annie 50-40-30-20-10 Double unders and situps for time. Woooow. Fastest guys were somewhere in the 9minute range. I was thrilled to finish and do all my double unders though it takes me about 5 jumps/double. Mine look NOTHING like this demo video. My time was something like 22:47.

This morning: Lifting PRs all over the place :

Backsquat: 60Kilo\132.2lbs (at 56Kilo on Weds. Again, loving the novice programming with workout-to-workout improvement!)

Bench Press: 34Kilo\74.9lbs

Deadlift: 54Kilo\119lbs Note: coach says I have previously lost thoracic extension at 43Kilo so this is good improvement. We’re taking this one very slowly due to the happy herniated discs in my recent past.

Overall I’m getting stronger by the day and that ROCKS.