Friday, August 22, 2008

Karen's Friday and Weekend Extravagansa

Pull-ups with 50# assist
100 (I did them all in a row, except I stopped sometimes for a minute or two.)
Push-ups = 5 sets of ten, then 5 more sets of 10 (At first I was just going to do fifty.)
GSD sit ups = 25 X 2 (These are wicked hard for me. They hurt everything.)
Crunches = 50
Squats = 100 (they were gooooooood and all in a row)

For what it's worth, I'll tell you what I did in Squamish. This will be absolute gibberish to you unless you have climbed. Bear with me, because I am really happy. I think Crossfit is already making me stronger.
Day 1
I led 3 moderate climbs with traditional gear.
Day 2
I swung leads on an 8 pitch 5.7. (800 feet of climbing, relatively moderate, traditional gear.) I was really worried before I started that my left leg would get weak, because it gets weak sometimes, but it didn't until we were walking down. By the time I got to the bottom, it was dead, but I was elated. It could be said that I had a lot to drink that night.
Day 3
I led the hardest traditional climb I have ever led, and it felt just fine. 5.9, 55 meters. I yelled my guts out at the top.
Day 4
I did one boulder problem before going home.

2 comments:

Melanie said...

This is sooo awesome K-ron.

Chris said...

Way to go Karen!! and welcome back. 8 pitches of any difficulty is awesome. Just belaying that much is a lot of work! Way to smoke the 5.9.

Hey, where's Nina? Haven't heard from her since you went on your trip.