Trip to Northern CA

The Golden Gate yo

Yup

Half Moon Bay

I went out to San Francisco and Palo Alto/Stanford for the JRCLS conference.  It was great - and Northern California is beautiful.  I visited out SF office, which was downtown and very high up, and very cool.  I saw the Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate bridge, the Pacific Ocean, and drove down the beach to Half Moon Bay. 

The conference itself was nice, made friends with lots of really good people, saw old friends, and ate too much food.

Injured Shoulder

So a week ago yesterday, I hurt myself doing Crossfit for the first time in 2 1/2 years of doing it.  Oh sure, there have been times where I was sore, where I could tell my form sucked and I needed to stop, or I wasn't sure what I was doing and I backed off.  But I haven't actually been injured.

I think the last time I was actually injured was about 2 1/2 years ago when I ran the St. George Marathon.  I developed plantar fascias in my right foot, which took a long time to cure (thanks Merrell running shoes!). 

I hurt my shoulder, somehow, doing a workout called Helen.  3 rounds of a 400m run, 21 kettlebell swings w/ a 53# weight, and 12 pullups.   I think it was the KB swings that did it, and now I have rotator cuff issues...


This comes at a bad time.  I've been prepping to participate in the CrossFit Open, which starts in 3 weeks.  But today I read this article about training through injury, and I'm going to continue to get ready as best I can in the next 3 weeks.  My goal with the Open is to compete and finish as strong as I can... I know I'm not at a point where I can realistically compete, but compared to where I was a year ago I've come a long way.  And maybe in a year I won't injure my shoulder right before the competition.