My mom says that I don't talk enough about what's going on here and all I talk about is working out. Well, that's because, that's about all that's going on! I'm still in Indoc, and it's boring and sucks, then I go workout and then go to the pool! LOL. I'm getting an awesome tan, have not found a place to live yet, and am learning all of the bad words in Italiano...like Finocchio, which is the fruit/vegetable "fennel", but the Sicilians' use this for "gay" cause the fennel is confused what it is! Anyway, there are more, but I'll spare you all the language lessons for now. I had Cavallo for the first time the other night, and it is very good. This is horse meat. It is very similar to deer, very lean (high in iron and protien) but taste like beef. Also, the Nero d' avallo is a vino rosso (red wine) which is only made here on the island and is also very good. It comes from "black" grapes, which are grown here in the very fertile "lava soil". Basically the sicilians can grow anything except real grass out here. Mt. Etna has provided for a very fertile land. And speaking of the volcano, it was "weeping" on Saturday night, which was very cool, because it is dark out and you can see the red lava running down the side of it, letting off pressure. This is good, it means that it won't be erupting anytime soon, cause a mass exacuation of the eastern part of the island where we are. We should be finishing up Indoc this week and will be checking into the unit soon. I'm hoping to be back in the states around July 5th for about a week for jump school out in San diego, but no official word yet. Anyway, now to the working out!
Yesterday was the end of our Crossfit "Hell Week" experience, and it was a good one. Nothing like saving one of the best WOD's for last...Murph. Here is a little background:
"In memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who was killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005.
This workout was one of Mike's favorites and he'd named it 'Body Armor.' From here on it will be referred to as 'Murph' in honor of the focused warrior and great American who wanted nothing more in life than to serve this great country and the beautiful people who make it what it is." ~Crossfit FAQ~
(If you want to know more, paste this link into your browser. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Murphy. He was an amazing person, leader, and warrior, and I hope and strive to be like he was.)
Warmup: 500m row, and stretching
"Murph"
1 mile run
100 pull ups
200 push ups
300 squats
1 mile run
31:58
This is not a PR for me I don't believe. I don't recall my last time, but it's pretty close and would have been faster if the run was not on the small indoor track we have here. The exercises went very well, I was around 8 mins for them, and somewhere around 7/9 mins respectively for the two 1 mile runs. My 2 partners in crime finished in around 41 and 47 mins which is good for their first times, and all of us were very happy to have today as a rest day! I am going to hit up the yoga class tonight as long as they still have it. The next "Murph" I do will be with my "kit" on which is around 20#s of armor plates. This is hot Mike use to do the WOD and makes it much harder and more intense.
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