"Michael"
Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 Back Extensions
50 Sit-ups
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Sitting on the chair lift with the clouds covering the runs, the XX playing in my ears and all I can see for miles is white capped mountains. Ahhh , take a deep breath. The mind is immediately calmed, the soul is immediately nourished, winter is here and these are my first tracks of the season. As I get off the lift I quickly focus, I haven’t been on a lift in a while and who knows, I may fall on my ass. Ski tips up, gloves on hands, jacket zipped, poles ready to assist… success.
Matt looks over and nods, making sure I’m ready to go, I am excited to see what these legs can do after such a long hiatus. As we made it down our first few warm-up runs, I felt strong and peaceful. The music gave me rhythm as I reminded myself to squeezing the orange, chest up tall and get my weight off my toes. The day continued with some successful turns, the legs surely didn’t have ski stamina, but I was amazed at how balanced and in control I felt. If I gave it a five count, I recovered pretty quickly and could continue to chase the snow leopard in front of me to the lift again.
We started this CrossFit thing so that we could be better at anything we wanted to do, I was feeling the rewards of being committed to that goal today. Grateful for my health, grateful for my fitness, and above all my mind was calm when surrounded by our amazing Rocky Mountains. We were ready for the last run of the day and Matt looked over and said considerately, “Groomer or bumps”, I replied, “Bumps of course!”
This winter, make a commitment to your play time and make play time a stress reliever not a struggle, get in the gym at least three times a week, so that when you do find yourselves on the slopes, in the mountains or any other number of things, you’re ready for anything.
Who’s up for a Verve ski day once a month? Which pass did you get?
Please send us your winter pictures!
