Dear CrossFit, Ask not for whom the clock ticks, it ticks for you!

Dear CrossFit,

It’s been a month since the Open closed.  That means that it’s either (1) about a month until Regionals for people who qualified for Regionals, or (2) about three months until the Games for people who qualified direct for the Games, or (3) about ten months until the Open for 2014.  Unless you’re one of the people who (a) either didn’t compete in the Open, (b) was completely satisfied with your performance in the Open, or (c) is never going to go in the Open (and might I say you are very lucky if you are in category a, b, or c), then there is a clock running for you.  Regardless of whether it’s a one, three, or ten month clock, that clock is ticking.  So what have you done in the month since the Open finished?

Have you worked to maximize a strength, so that your super-power becomes even more powerful and will enable you to win a WOD where your super-power appears?

Have you worked a goat, so that you won’t get bitch-slapped when that goat shows up in a WOD?

Have you worked mobility, so that you’ll be able to do something you couldn’t do because of your mobility?

Have you changed your diet?  For the better or for the worse?  Are you eating more or less?  Are you drinking more or less?  Are you doing anything other than wishing that your body fat percentage would change?  I will own to having fallen back into two bad habits, ice and cream (which together are that sinfully delectable and decadent treat known as ice cream that tastes so good going down but then hangs unattractively around my Molson muscle).

So it’s been a month.  The Open is OVER! But your clock is ticking.  Ask not for whom the clock ticks, it ticks for you.

I wonder what tomorrow’s WOD will be….