Saturday March 9, 2013

Opens WOD 13.1

40 Burpees to target
30 Snatches @ 75#
30 Burpees to target
30 Snatches @ 135#
20 Burpees to target
30 Snatches @ 165#
10 Burpees to target
30 Snatches @ 210# (lol, yeah.....sure!)

I had a strategy going into this one. Goal was to move at a very steady, deliberate pace through the first part of the workout and then crank through the 135# snatches in single reps as quickly and efficiently as possible. Another thing that Coach Kevin told me to do was to change plates after the burpees. The hope was that I'd leave myself several minutes to get at least 5-10 reps of the 165# snatches.

Everything was going perfectly until I hit the round of 20 burpees. At that point, I felt the wheels come off a little bit. Those 20 burpees seemed to take forever to get through. I was so gassed that I was almost delirious. I also realized that I made the tactical error of not changing plates after the 135# snatches.

Even after all this I had what seemed like a decent amount of time with the 165# snatches. I must have had between 2:00-2:30 left on the clock. Unfortunately, I missed about 4-5 reps while making only 3. The difference between my score and some of the guys who hit big numbers is that they were likely able to Power Snatch 165# without too much difficulty. I know that I'm not very solid at Power Snatching that weight so I squat snatched all my reps.

Anyway, this is all water under the bridge now. I don't feel great about my result but I do feel great about my effort. Time to look forward to WOD 13.2!!!