PainStorm

Got to the gym early today to teach Oly class. Feeling pretty good still. Little sluggish from a terrible day of eating yesterday. Charlie and I agreed on doing a very long WOD during team WOD today and I have to admit...I was looking forward to it. I felt pretty loose and considering the length of the WOD I didn't really warm up. Figured I would get warm enough in the first 10 minutes.

WOD
"PainStorm" by CF Northeast England
40:00 AMRAP
 200m Run
 5 Thrusters [all rounds UB, except 215#(2-2-1)]
*start at 65#, add 10# every round
= 16 + 200m Run (completed round of 215# thrusters)
- Gotta say this one intrigued me a little from the first time I saw it. I'm not usually down to do any WOD that takes me past 15-20:00, but the ladder really caught my eye. Pre WOD, my thoughts were I would get past 225# no problem because the runs were so short.
- I flew through the thrusters. I hit 95# and started to feel the weight. My legs felt it around 155-165#. The runs after 175# started getting pretty slow. On the way back in after 205# I picked up Kelly and carried her on my shoulder for 50m because she wouldn't stop teasing me while she was doing team WOD. That was the dumbest moment of the day! That completely shot my legs! I got in for the 215# thrusters and my legs were pretty wobbly. I hit 2, rested, hit 2 more ugly ones, rested, cleaned one, dropped it, and finally hit the last one.
- Post WOD thoughts. I ran a little under a 2.25 miles in my Oly shoes. That wore on my feet and legs as the WOD went on. The thrusters were pretty easy for the most part. Changing weight is really what stopped me from getting past 225#. It took a lot of time. I didn't think through setting all the weight out before we started. All the 5s were taken for Team WOD use so I was using 4 2.5#plates per side...it sucked! The worst part of the WOD was the last 10:00. My legs finally went and it was rough running and thrusting!

Good WOD! I thought it was pretty fun and something I needed for today!