Many thanks to CrossFit trainer and inspiration Crystal Nelson for posting this incredible video. Love your life!
Tag: aspen
Aspen: Garage Sale in Willits/Basalt
Like many things in these mountain towns, this garage sale continues to puzzle me. They have awesome professional fliers up all over town advertising this big Garage Sale of all furniture, housewares, bikes, and summer sporting goods (all things the Vermonster and I need), but THERE IS NO TIME ON THE FLIER. I googled the…
15 – 10 – 5 in the SNOW
I cannot get over the fact that it is SNOWING here in Aspen. It’s May 12! The mountains are closed! What is the snow doing here?! Though tempted to use the cold and my inherent desire to be warm as an excuse not to go workout, the thought of seeing my river (yes, it’s mine…
Figure-Flattering Floaty Summer Dresses
Summer arrives earlier in Austin than most places, and winter lingers longer in Aspen than most. What’s a fashion-forward girl to do? Why, get some floaty, figure-flattering summer dresses in neutrals (yep, aqua and denim count as neutrals here–name a color they don’t go with) and pair ’em with sandals in Austin and cardigans or…
Rock Burpees
I’ve tried to write this post no less than five times, and each time wordpress has somehow deleted it. It’s not even that great! I recorded myself doing one workout, and couldn’t get the film into iMovie (something about being too big). Frustrated, I thought, at least I can show them the blurry (why is it…
Aspen: Garage Sale-ing and Thrifting
Y’all know that I’ve been spending more time in Aspen, Colorado than … well, anyone had ever imagined from this Austin native. Blame it on the Vermonster. Or blame it on the big-city-feel in a small mountain town, the allure of something new, or the adventurer in me, but I’m now splitting time between Austin…
Sprints in Nature’s Garage Gym
Revelation of the day: there are sticks long enough to double as PVC pipes down by the river! So now I am collecting them, and storing them in a corner of the bridge, just in case That Ripped Guy of Mine(TM) or my other friends want to come to Nature’s Garage Gym CrossFit ABC123 with…
CrossFit ABC123: Nature’s Garage Gym
As in, it’s as easy as the alphabet and numbers to CrossFit in Aspen even sans a gym! Ha, nerd. Also in that I live at this place in Aspen called ABC (Airport Business Center), which is actually 3 miles outside of downtown Aspen but is virtual heaven for dogs. And now for CrossFitters. This…
Filthy Fifty
I’ve only attempted the Filthy Fifty one other time, and didn’t finish before our 30-minute cutoff. Today, after FIVE hours of skiing (on the blues, of course, Lisa!) I said to That Ripped Guy of Mine(TM): “If it’s a long metcon, I’m not doing it,” … because I’m going to drive the 25 minutes to…
And then I knocked my tooth loose
I did the warmup (200 jumprope jumps, 500 M row, 20 back extensions, 20 GHD situps, 20 squats) and the pre-WOD workout (5 x 5 Renegade Rows, 2 rounds at 15# dumbells, 3 at 20# dumbells). I was going to take on the WOD with the rest of the class when I realized the two…