the stuff nightmares are made of…

Owning and coaching Adapt CrossFit for the last 5 years I’ve often woken up in a cold sweat thinking I or one of my coaches didn’t show up to run a session. It’s the stuff (my) nightmares are made of and this morning it actually happened.

I had a really productive day yesterday and was finishing up on the computer last night thinking to myself I’ve just got to be here for Becca and the girls in the morning. You see, Becca’s been running on a bit of an emotional low since the end of this year’s CrossFit Games Open – it’s been a pretty stressful 5 weeks, organising coaches, judges and the 80+ athletes that had registered. All I was thinking before I went to bed was: “Be here for the girls in the morning….”

Now as it turns out I was rostered on to run the AM sessions on a Thursday morning. This is nothing new. Thursday morning’s are alway’s mine but I had it pre-set in my head to hang out with the girls in the morning. I mean, I’d already had a great week of training and was looking forward to a rest day, although because I love hanging with all my peeps, I’d toyed with the idea of coming in to train anyway…

I woke up at 4:45am (my usual wake time) and remembered last night’s mantra “be here for the girls…” so went to the toilet, jumped back into bed and drifted back to sleep thinking about waking up next to Becca’s smiling face and the kids jumping all over me at breakfast .

At about 6:20am I stirred and then the cold sweats came on… “Who’s actually running today?” and then it came to me. “Oh shit…” I jumped up and ran around the house like a man possessed. There were many expletives but I was out of the house in less than 2 mins. I screeched out of my driveway and sped all the way to the gym. My usual 4.30 min journey was cut to about 2.20 (PR) – so now I know how fast it can be done (if I want a $1000 fine and to lose my license) I jumped out of the car and sheepishly wandered in…

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I wrote this on the Adapt site today

I am so sorry. I sincerely apologise for not being here this morning to run you guys through a session. This is the first time this has happened in 5 years of running Adapt. It has always been a nightmare of mine to be a no-show coach and this morning it actually happened  As it turns out I am human but I wasn’t here for you guys and I’m bitterly disappointed with myself. You know I’d give you guys burpees for being late (5 for every minute) and so I too will be held accountable for this morning’s letdown. 60×5=300 (awesome)

http://youtu.be/tTNOtvNlk6I

Thanks

A massive thanks to Erik for running you through an impromtu workout until Coops rocked up and thanks to all the guys who hung about to do it with him. Thanks Coops for opening up and the 6:30am crew who put up with my dishevelled, incoherent self for the first 20 mins of the 6:30am session.

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Ben