Hello old friends

So, you know how the longer you go not talking to a friend the harder it is to start talking to them again? No matter the reason for the silence... Perhaps you were mad at one time, or maybe life just happened... Or maybe you moved, started back to work and got really involved in some other activities and just somehow never communicated. In these situations, a simple "hello, old friend, how are you?"  tends to do the trick perfectly well....

So, Hello old friends, how are you? 

And beyond that, I completely plan to ignore the almost two months that I kinda forgot I had a bloggy thingy. 

I will give this background: September at Crossfit College Park has been "sufferfest" with hero WODs and paleo challenges... Basically it's been a fest of suffering. WODs that have pushed me to my limit, (while helping me find my limit) and left me feeling those workouts days later. And hey- since we have reconnected, let's hope I share some of those fun times with you! 

In other news- something very frustrating began happening this summer. I noticed my ankle (the 20% titanium and screws one) (that's a completely made up percentage... Just know that I have some percentage of my ankle that is held together by metal) beginning to swell, and just plain hurt, almost constantly. So I finally asked my doctor about it and several things were said to me:

1. Protect your flat feet, stop wearing shoes with no support. (Basically, no more flip flops or flats with no inserts) 

2. Crossfit is to high intensity for you. You need to Stop crossfit, or modify greatly. No high impact things on your ankle. And no running. (You see what we chose right!?!? Cause seriously, I'm not giving up on the first thing I have found that I'm still actively participating in six months later)

3. Start wearing that really expensive brace that you held on to after breaking your leg TWO years ago...  Oh wait, I threw that out in one of my packing purges exactly 3 weeks before being told this... (So I am making due with the $6 brace from the drug store...) 

So yea, not only have I begun to find my suffer fest limits, I'm getting better and better at listening to my body and what it's telling me. If my ankle twinges, I don't keep going. I reevaluate and figure out why. I ask for modifications, and listen after the WOD is over to determine the after effects of things (like walking on a running intensive WOD, and spending the entire weekend with a swollen ankle... Didn't hurt doing it, but I couldn't get that swelling to go away for two days!) 

And with that, I shall call this little reconnect finished for today. I promise I'll keep in touch this go round!