It's all Good....

Slept in until 6:30am (that's sad) - got up and ready....ripped a huge callus on my right hand for the first time ever (thanks to Bob's snatch ladder last night- I wasn't backing down from the 16kg so I paid the price - OWE)......We did the workout from Bob's RKC book again - everyone did great.....Nice to have Anita, Andrea, Ursula and Monica back - we've missed you guys! We had 3 newbies at 10:30am in addition to 2 regulars - they all did well, but were sure glad when the hour was done.....lol.....the true test is if they come back! I ran errands the rest of the day. Nice to have some time to myself.....the kids came home - game on....homework, dinner, soccer taxi - the Tuesday drill......Bob just home - all is good.....

He Did It.....

Bob arrived back home last night - on cloud nine! He did it - passed his snatch test, 23 hours, successfully taught his victim, completed his Grad workout with ease - has his certification and picture for proof.....a great accomplishment! Bob did our house proud......way to go....now it's Dar's turn! We wish her the best of luck this coming weekend in Denmark - she leaves tomorrow and has nothing to worry about!!! The alarm went off at 5am this morning (I wanted to scream), but I promised myself I would run to work this a.m. - not sure what I was thinking, but sometimes we fitness people are cracked in the head.....I ran - in the rain to BBOM....not as bad as I thought - just pretended I was sleep running....taught 6am and ran back home (that was worse).....Max and I headed to Canton for my Great Aunt's funeral, visited my grandma in the nursing home (Alzheimer's blows - she had no idea who my brother and I were.....definitely knows my Mom and WOW is she nasty to her - tells her everyday she looks Bad and to get out - my poor Mother....at least she didn't try to choke or kick her today - SAD).....we headed out to lunch and then back to Medina....I got my butt kicked by Bob at 5:30pm (he was going to teach the 6:30pm class, but when 4 experienced KBers showed up he changed his mind so I jumped in).....Kim, Stacey, Amie and Arlene did great - thanks for your patience! We did swings, timed TGU's (he forgot about the clock I think), 3X10 squats, high pulls, bear crawls and then the blasted ladder of snatches 12 down to 1 on each side - he was trying to BREAK ME....NO CAN DO CRACKER JACK......they teased I could get a free shirt if I puked - I really wanted to die, but it felt great to be back in class again - I've been on my own since Doug left in January!!!! Bob said after he wasn't sure about the teaching thing - felt nervous and unsure.....it will all come in time.....I had 21 at 6:30pm (Bob was thrilled it was me on the front line as opposed to him)! We did a timed workout from Bob's RKC Manual - NASTTTTYYYY.....everyone did awesome! Look out in the morning - no secrets tonight....My 7:30pm canceled so I cleaned and headed home early.....My hands are on FIRE (damn callouses - damn snatches - damn Bob, who signed him up anyway - LOL).......

Update on Bob

Well.........he did it! He flew to St. Paul yesterday afternoon......checked in (they didn't lose his luggage) and made it to the reception......By the time he got back to his room last night he was a wreck! Nervous about the snatch test, his group, others......This morning he called and said he didn't sleep at all......on the bus over to the training center he said it was an out of body experience....before the snatch test he was numb - couldn't feel his legs or anything.....holy shit here we go! Bob completed 44 snatches on the left and 30 on his right - said he felt strong, form was solid....ripped one callous, but was so relieved he could have cared less.....Everyone from his group passed on the first attempt - one guy started dying at snatch 30 - they all pulled together and cheered him on to 74 - Amazing - he did it! Unfortunately, the weather is a balmy 44 degrees and raining so they had to train inside.....Bob actually thanked me because he said the workouts weren't that bad (only because we've been doing several of them in class - helps to have a little of the inside scoop)! He learned a ton and is really pumped - look out!!!! Thank you to all of you who have been so supportive.....he's definitely going to sleep well tonight!!!! I'll keep you posted on his RKC journey........

Thank You

Kicked off the day with a 6am morning run at Sherry's....had a business meeting at Maries' Cafe at 8am with the accountant....hit class at 9:15am and 10:30am - NICE job by all.....Lisa and Courtney - 2 newbies did well!!!! Colleen and Andrea made 2 classes this week - way to go.....so did Laura I believe....very proud of you......We did the same workout as the night before - you all can hang....My 12:30pm group arrived and we through in a cross-fit workout in addition to KB (outside of course).......clean up and time to get the kids! I realized an hour before my night shift I forgot to schedule a sitter - oops.....Thursday is not my regular night so I ended up taking the younger two (the oldest had soccer practice) with me (thank the lord for sitting there - option 2)....I promised them DQ if they were good (nothing works better than a little bribery....always helps when Mom has a sweet tooth).....Just talked to Bob - he's in St.Paul - checked in - pouring down rain and cold - man that blows.....said he met some Olympic Champion Lifter from Arizona that's totally BUFF - Freaked him out, but the dude has only been doing KB for a month - I said see YOU'RE FINE.....All day he's been saying WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME? YOU MADE ME DO THIS.....THIS IS NUTS.....I know how he feels - I felt the same way 7 months ago - Doug got me through and told me I would Thank Him Later........I've thanked him triple times over and told Bob he will also be doing the same.....I'm soooooo excited for him - just a plain Great Experience.....Thank you to all of you who have supported him through his training - so appreciated! I'll keep you posted.....Snatch test in the morning - he's got it.....just cross your fingers cuz I'll never hear the end of it....