been messing around a little with some of the <a href=”http://www.crossfit.com”>crossfit</a> exercises. basically they’re timed workouts composed of a very large range of crossfit exercises (examples are posted on the site). apparently these workouts are kind of limitlessly hard in the sense that you can always improve in some aspect, since most of them are timed.

also, the workouts are weirdly named after women, not sure why. I tried “cyndi” which is 5 pullups, 10 pushups and 15 bodyweight squats, do as many sets as you can for 20 minutes. I only managed 13 sets and was very, very tired at the end of the workout. bodyweight squats are deceptively difficult, I was pretty sore the next day.

they have ramp up classes in nyc that teach you all the exercises and help you get started (it incorporates things like gymnastic rings and kettlebells), so that might be interesting to take at some point post half marathon training.

sarah and I just started training for the brooklyn half marathon, on april 26th. I am really looking forward to doing this, as I’ve lost 15 pounds since I ran the marathon and am a much faster runner as a result. also I’ve been boxing a lot and it can be hard to put in miles when doing a lot of other training, so this should be a good motivator to pound the pavement. balmy days in february don’t hurt either.

I am playing with the incomparable elizabeth! this coming monday, february 4th at banjo jim’s from 7pm-8pm. elizabeth will probably be singing, pianoing, and tromboninatin’, I will be guitaring, and there will be drums. oh yes, there will be drums.