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First Date with #Fran

October 31, 2012 by Hillary 12 Comments

Excuse me, October. Where did you go!? Really, though… is it already time to count down the days until Thanksgiving? Unreal. 

One day at time. Let’s talk about today’s meals and moves. There were some good ones! 

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First things first: breakfast. I celebrated Waffle Wednesday with #GF toaster waffles, almond buttah, banana, hemp seeds and honey. It never gets old. 

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For lunch: the last bowl of my vegan black bean sweet tater quinoa chili with creamy avocado. Definitely glad I checked that off my Fall Bucket List. 

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Fast forward to 5:00pm and I was antsy to get moving after a long day at the desk. A fast 4-mile treadmill run in 31:30 (including 5 minutes of walking) was a sweaty way to warm-up for my date with Fran. 

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Fran is a classic CrossFit benchmark WOD, meaning it’s used to measure your progress. My first official WOD at my new box was “Messed Up Fran” on September 13th, so I had an idea what I was getting myself into; I’ve never done the original WOD, so I was still a little anxious for my date tonight. Unfotrunatly, I can’t compare the two WOD times, as the first included running, but I did make an improvement on the thrusters: 45lbs. to 55lbs. #progress

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An intense workout meant a reason to celebrate Halloween in adult fashion (and cross another item off my bucket list). 

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Hoppy Halloween!! 

Did you celebrate the holiday today?

CrossFit friends, are you a fan of Fran?

P.S. Feel free to follow me on Instagram @hillontherun :)

Filed Under: CrossFit, Fitness, Life, Running Tagged With: Crossfit, Fall Bucket List, Fashletics, FitFluential, Fran WOD, Pumpkin Ale, Waffle Wednesday, Workout Wednesday

Fall {2012} Bucket List

September 21, 2012 by Hillary 5 Comments

TGIF! Thank Goodness It’s Friday and Thank Goodness It’s FALL!!

Today is the last day of summer, meaning tomorrow comes the best season of them all :) 

Summer certainly has its perks. I’ll miss the light nights and outdoor happy hour with friends, the stone fruit and berries, the weekend road trips and country tunes;

but, my heart belongs to the season of crunchy leaves, foamy lattes, crisp morning runs, sweatshirt days and comforting pear crisps. 

I created a short, 6 item, bucket list for the coming autumn months, just as I did for summer {revisited below}. 

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Bucketlist

How did I do?

  1. Master hair braiding. NO – no attempt made either. #lazy
  2. Register for 26.2 & start training. NO – despite my enthusiasm at the start of the new year for running a full, I’m fairly confident that goal will stare me in the face again in 2013. 
  3. Read 1 book. NO – pathetic, yes. 
  4. Save $ to purchase a Mac Pro. YES – I love Miss Mac!
  5. Make strawberry basil mojitos. YES – mojito-making was on the regular this summer. 
  6. Uncover my 6-pack. NO – core noticeably stronger, most definitely. 
  7. Rock climb. YES – once. Done and done. 

I’m left a bit dissatisfied with my 3 of 7 attempts. Though I know better than to beat myself up about it. 


Did you complete any or all of your summer ambitions?

What’s on your Fall 2012 bucket list?


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