Box Bite

So there is this thing in the CrossFit world called "box bite." It's not really something you want to encounter, but the reality is...many of us do.

First of all...I have already fallen once while doing box jumps on a boxing ring in Abu Dhabi. It scraped up my shin a bit...but nothing big. The only thing I was really upset about was that I was going to my engagement brunch 2 hours later.

So, fast forward to Monday night. The first part of the workout was 7 box jumps, increasing in height each time. I started off on 20" (because I knew I could do that no problem). I ended up clearing a 27" box later on and the next one was 30". It looked a bit daunting, but I knew if I never tried it I would never know.

I took a deep breath and gave it my all. Then it was like slow motion...I clearly remember hitting the box and trying to stop myself with my hand. Sadly, it was a smaller class and everyone was watching! Everyone was super nice about it and was making sure I was okay. I was just walking around trying to make the incessant stinging stop! It was like someone was hitting my legs repeatedly with a baseball bat.

Then the coach came up to me and asked it was just a scrape or if I was bleeding. I said I thought it was just a scrape and possibly my shin was bleeding. My shin was bleeding a bit...then I pulled up the pant leg for my right knee and looked at it and was horrified (side not: I hate blood, needles and all that medical stuff)! The cut looked pretty deep!!!

One of the coaches helped me to clean them out and then ice them for a while. They were still stinging badly!!! Everyone was saying they might put a stitch or two in my knee, but it could probably heal on its own too. I just really didn't want to wait in the ER for hours and then have them tell me I didn't need stitches!

I was racking my brain for someone I could call who could tell me if I really needed stitches or not. It finally hit me...Rene (aka Renie - what I call him) works in the ER! I called he and asked if I could come over. After he took a look at it he said he could glue me back together. He is my hero! =)

So, I am now glued back together with 2 very sore legs! Which is really not great when I had to watch a 2 year old and 5 year old for 9 hours straight for 3 days!!

Anyways...I am waiting for them to heal so I can get back at it! But as I told the owner of the gym...I won't be doing any box jumps higher than 25"...at least not until my wedding!