"Helen" and "Hoochie" both start with "H"

Today was a good day! No reason in particular, I simply felt optimistic all day!

I left work at a decent hour after being there late last night. If you notice my sidebar, I had a white mocha from Starbucks on my way to work. It was delicious and totally against what I should eat. #ohwell

I ate really well all day besides that initial coffee. Tonight for dinner Michael made sphagetti squash and it was soooo good! I'm so lucky to have a husband who can not only cook but enjoys it! I'm not sure which of his recipes are my favorite, they're all good.

After work we headed to the gym. The CrossFit WOD website called for 20 minutes of running sprints which was not going to happen. I decided to attempt "Helen" which calls for
3 rounds
400m run
21 kettlebell swings 35#
12 pull-ups

Because of the sprints, I started by doing my leg and hip exercises and stretches. That felt good of course. The last time I did Helen was October 2009 and my time was 18:04. I was really planning to beat that time but I missed it and guess what my time was????  18:06! I missed it by 2 seconds.

Damn you Helen! You little hoochie!

Okay, I'm done now. I'm going sub-18 next time baby!

(On a random note, my kip has been totally off during my pull-ups. I still have raw skin on my right palm so maybe that's why (babying it)... I'm not really sure. Either way, that certainly wasn't helping my time b/c I couldn't get into a rhythm.)

We have a super busy weekend ahead... party at my boss's house tomorrow night, tubing Saturday morning, party at our house Saturday afternoon, then we're all heading to the roller derby Saturday night, then piano lesson Sunday morning.

Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn