Ok, I lied. I had intended to use Monday as a rest day. But I am an addict, and when I hit refresh at 10:00pm last night (you know, after hitting refresh 32 times earlier in the hope that the WOD would accidentally be posted before it's usual time), I saw that the WOD included rope climbs and thrusters. Rest day cancelled!
I didn't get rope climbs for the longest time, but once I caught on, I was J-hooked (sorry, that was bad...I won't let it happen again...at least not in this post). And for some odd reason, I've always liked thrusters. The WOD was 5 rounds for time of 2 rope climbs to the 15 foot mark and 10 thrusters with RX of 135/95 pounds. Tough, but doable. And certainly some serious work for my lungs. I just needed a little extra help for the workout. Wait, what's that on the doorstep when I got home from work?
Oh yes! The new Souka shoes! Time to go kick some butt at the gym!
The 6:30 class was an awesome one, with a ton of positive energy. WODs with Mr. Intensity and Seshu used to be a daily occurrence, but prior to tonight it had been a long time since the gang was all back together. Not only that, but Conn and Borden were both back in the same class, and the Michal/Rachel rivalry was in full effect. After a pretty tough warmup (that's a bad sign), it was time to choose weights for the thrusters. I did my usual scan of the board and saw a few guys had done 115 with a lot more doing 95. Idiot Dave originally thought "115 it is", but then semi-rational Dave thought "dumbass, there's a reason most people chose 95". I was torn. And then it dawned on me that I could split the difference and do 105. Semi-rational Dave was right to call me a dumbass.
As I got my weights, I ran into Coach Paul again. And we had the same conversation from the other night...with a twist.
Paul: What weight are you doing?
Me: Ummm...105? <wincing for the response>
Paul: 105? <head shake>
Me: You don't think I can do 105?
Paul: You should do 115.
It was at this point that I became convinced that Paul is endlessly amused by messing with my mind before workouts. But once again, I went with his suggestion. My goal was to keep it as close to 15 minutes as possible. Round 1 was complete in less than 2 minutes, with round 2 completed in a little under 5 minutes. Things got very tough by round 3 and I was a little over 9 minutes when I trudged back over to the rope. I was sucking wind like crazy in round 4 (Rachel even took time to yell at me as I may have taken a nap on the floor), then tried to figure out how to get oxygen in my body while trying to finish the WOD as quickly as possible in round 5. Finished the rope climbs, got to the bar and did 2 thrusters. Cline became my partner again as he had finished up and was yelling at me to get back to the bar. I took some deep breaths, knocked out 4 reps, then knelt by the bar again. Cline pushed me one more time and I managed to do the last 4 reps before needing a paramedic. The final time?
16:38 was a little slower than I would have liked, but I can remember a time not too long ago when 10 rope climbs wouldn't have even been a consideration. So overall I'm happy with the workout. And of course, I got my rope climb badge of honor per usual:
Way too tired for pull-up practice, but I pulled 213 pounds up a rope 10 times, so that will have to do.
Rest day tomorrow! (Complete lie. Already looked at tomorrow's WOD and I'm totally in.)
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