Atmospheric Re-entry

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You know that feeling just before you go on your first new date after a break-up? Or to your first job interview after years with the same company? Or your high school reunion? Curiosity meets self-doubt meets "OMG I might hurl!"

I got that feeling today as I drove to my first CrossFit workout in over 12 weeks. I was anxious and excited, but lacking some the confidence that months on the injured list had stripped from me. Tendinitis in my right shoulder from an impingement (seriously, how many impingements can one person have??)  topped with a side of a workload that just won't lighten up has left me out of the game, and the gym, in a BIG way.

A flurry of new and familiar faces reminded me the world did not, in fact, stop turning in my absence. (Always a shocking and sad moment for an only child). I was pleased that our small class of six ladies--a harem any coach would love--would be the perfect way to ease myself back into this world, back into this very important slice of my life that I love and missed.

Just like riding a bike, you ask?  Well, after the equivalent of  193 squats (via slam balls, air squats, and back squats) sure, I suppose it's like riding a bike.  Riding a bike for 250 miles.

But I'm positive I'll wake up wanting to do it all over again. If I can move, that is.