“Michael”, for the 4th Time

Posted on Dec 15, 2006 - 10:32pm by MarkFu in Training Log

This is a very strenuous, yet somehow fun WOD. The trouble is, that the last 3 times I have done this, my times were about 2 minutes slower than the previous. I started at 22+ minutes and got slower from there. I guess some injuries hampered my past performances and doing at least one with no one to push me.. Today, Denise tried to get me to commit to a PR but I remained non-committal about a time. I would finish when I finish. This is,

3 rounds, for time,

800 meter run,

50 back extensions and

50 sit-ups.

Brent and I ran the first lap together and I got a lead going into the second round. At the beginning of the third round, my legs were weeble-wobbly but I kept them moving. Just before the end of 400 meters o round 3, I heard footsteps. It had to Brent. Sure enough, after the turnaround Brent passed me like I was standing still! He opened up a big gap that I tried like hell to close, but could not. (Brent is like the Energizer Bunny!)

My hope for a decent time hung in the balance. My back extensions broke from doing 10 reps and rest to 5 and rest. Still, I kept pushing it. I practically crawled off the GHD machine and fell to the mat where Brent had already started the push to the finish with the 50 remaining push-ups. This was my strongest of the three exercises and it was here where I made up my lost time. I finished :03 off my best time of 22:06 set on June 29th of this year.

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