Happy Memorial Day

We are spending Memorial Day in the Outer Banks NC with my family. We arrived on Sunday and are staying through Wednesday. The K-Man was again a good sport during the five hour car ride. More on the beach and sand hopefully later this week, but here are some pics from the ride down.
Head out the window:

So cute:

Yes, he's still spoiled and spent some time in my lap:

Sunroof action when we were close to the beach house:

Although everyone (myself included) loves the three day weekend, let's not forget the real reason for Memorial Day - to honor the folks in the military and our veterans for their service to our country. So to those reading, thanks!
In honor of Memorial Day, our CrossFit gym did a special "hero" workout called Murph on Saturday. The Hero workouts are always tough and are usually named after a soldier who was killed in battle. Murph the workout is in memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who was killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005.
This workout was one of Mike's favorites and he'd named it "Body Armor". From here on it will be referred to as "Murph" in honor of the focused warrior and great American who wanted nothing more in life than to serve this great country and the beautiful people who make it what it is.
"Murph"
1 Mile Run
100 Pull-Ups
200 Push-Ups
300 Squats
1 Mile Run
With an option of doing the entire thing with a weighted vest or body armor (I did not... Ha!)
You have to start and end with the run, but you could break up the pull-ups, push-ups, and squats. We did 20 rounds of 5-10-15.
It was a doooooozy! But I finished!! In 64:50. And was exhausted for the rest of the day and may or may not have taken a nap. Needless to say, I am a tad bit sore and going down stairs is a bit of a challenge due to the squats, but it felt very good to finish such a long and challenging workout. When I was halfway done with the 100-200-300, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to make it, but I powered through. The push-ups were by far the worst part and the hardest for me. I struggled to do five, then would try to do three more, then two more. Then to have to finish with a mile run in the humid sun, whoa.
It's early to rise tomorrow for some early morning beach time with the pups!
<3
Kara