Tuesday October 23rd, 2012

Today's workout was a long, long one! These days anything over 15 minutes I would consider "long". However; years ago when I was "programming" my own workouts I used to always gravitate toward the longer ones....'Fight Gone Bad', 'Murph', 'Eva'. The type of workouts that grind you down, beat you up and cripple you for days.

Lately, I have been focusing more on shorter, heavier workouts that have been somewhat of a weakness for me. Anyway, here is how things went....

5 Rounds for time of...

     - 1,000M Row

     - 15 Thrusters @ 75#

     - 15 Burpees

     - 15 Pull-Ups

I decided going into this that the key to getting through this was backing off on the row. My 1,000M pace is usually under a 1:40 (500M split time). My best 5k Row pace is about 1:45. I figured that under 2:00 would be a good pace to hold. I was able to do this for the first 2 rounds but then fell off to 2:05, 2:10 and then God knows what!

I moved really well through the thrusters. Burpees are what they are for me. Got through them unbroken but slow. Pull-ups were OK for the most part. Had to come off the bar a couple times in last couple of rounds.

My final time was 32:43. I felt pretty good about this because I kept a fairly constant pace and was able to keep moving. Key to a better time would be maintaining a faster pace on the rows I guess. This was a very tough WOD just to get through.