Taking Down the Giant

Busy busy busy! That has been theme of the week. I wasn't able to make it in to Prevail and do much this week. I skipped out on Friday. I woke up super stiff this morning, most likely from all the standing around on the field I did this week. I usually OWOD on Saturday mornings, but I just didn't have the time to get it done this morning. I did have the time to get a challenge WOD in finally that I've been putting off since Feb.

WOD
2000m Row (7:44)
 50 Wall balls (20#)
1000m Row (3:56)
 35 Wall balls
500m Row (1:57)
20 Wall balls
= 21:10
- So one of my best friends challenged me to a main site WOD a while back. I've been pretty busy since than so it's been hard to make the time to get it in, that and it's a tall man's WOD. My buddy stands about 6'4ish with tree trunks for arms. Rowing and wall balls are a walk in the park for him. This challenge wasn't exactly in my favor.
 I kept the 2k pace in the 1:50s as best I could. I did it while keeping my s/m around 20-24 (got the idea after watching Matt Chan talk about it at Regionals). The pace was great. My legs felt good getting off the rower and heading into wall balls. I wanted to get a big chunk of wall balls done off the bat. I started my 50 with 25 straight, then broke the rest up into the chunks. 1k row was more of the same. Started the 35 wall balls off with 15 straight, then 9, then 6, then 5. Legs at this point were getting pretty heavy. Walking up the stairs to the rower was rough. I picked the pace up on the rower a little bit as far as s/m goes. I just didn't have the big strong pulls anymore. With time quickly running out, I hustled down the stairs and ripped off 10-15 walls balls, then finished the remainder. When I finished, I rolled around in my sweat on the floor for a while until my thighs stop burning enough for me to walk regularly again.
 The giant finished in 21:27....I WIN SUCKER!!!

Overall, great WOD for me. I got to work on some weaknesses, got to mentally push through some lactic pain, got to do a main site WOD(which I love to do every once in a while, but don't get to do nearly as often as I would like), and got pushed by a great friend (even though he wasn't there...the text conversations are awesome on the drive home).

Looking forward to getting back to a regular schedule here as track finishes in a week or two, especially once Summer finally arrives in June.