Mediocre Runners

In an effort to get back on track, I’ll post this morning’s WOD and breakfast.  This morning’s WOD was Jackie which consists of

• 1000 meter row
• 45 pound Thruster, 50 reps
• 30 pull-ups

Since I used up my 3x/week CF classes at Crossfit Diesel, I too had to hit up the globo-gym.  This makes times interesting because I not only had to find where to find a barbell for thrusters, but had to wait while some donk finished up on the chest machine so I could do pull-ups.  The first time I did Jackie (on July 17), I finished in 11:28 but used the red assist (lowest assist) band for pull-ups.  Today I finished in 13:33, almost 2 minutes slower, BUUUUT I did it as Rx’d!!!  I love that I can do pull-ups now.  Just a few days ago, I did 15 in a row during the warm-up.  I feel I could have done a few more, but the warm-up only called for 15.

For breakfast, I stopped by our new favorite grocery store and bought some eggs, fresh salsa (only 5 calories!!), and a couple avocados.  I cooked up the eggs with some EVO, mashed up the avocado, and threw some salsa in the mix.  Top it off with a glass of chocolate milk.  Mmm…it was really good, filling, and only 470 calories for everything.  Remember, chocolate milk is the new sports drink!

I’ll top this off this evening with a CFE WOD.  Not sure what I’ll do, but I’m sure it’ll kick my butt!

I must be on a rib thing right. After last nights success with lamb ribs, I grilled up some boneless beef short ribs.  I made regular bone-in short ribs a couple of weeks ago that were paleo-licious, so tonight I aimed for some refinement by ditching the bones.  Before grilling the ribs, I made a spice rub of approximately 2 teaspoons ground coriander, 1 tsp ground pepper, salt and 1/2 tsp green chili powder. I also squeeze some lemon on the ribs towards the end of the cooking time.  I serve these with slices of lemon and a green salad with real vinaigrette  (1 part vinegar to 2 parts oil, chopped shallots, salt and pepper, 1 tsp of Dijon mustard).

I’m a big fan of the “lesser” cuts of meats. I’ll take a skirt steak over filet mignon, or my personal favorite, hanger steak over a New York Strip.  You can also find wonderful grass-fed beef at your local farmers market or even Whole Paycheck.  And grass-fed beef is high in Omega-3 fatty acids so it is even really good for you. Our cavemen ancestors would be pround

I made a seriously paleo dinner tonight : grilled lamb ribs seasoned with zatar, lemon and chili powder. I served it with a cucumber, mint, tomato and watermelon salad. You don’t get much more caveman than charred meat and bones.

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