Wednesday, March 17, 2010

"Murph" for St Pat's

in honor of US Navy Lt Michael P Murphy, KIA 6/28/05, medal of honor recipient, US Navy Seal.
HOORAH! Lt Murphy!

Happy St Patrick's day!

so, i wondered about Murph yesterday. figured it would be a fitting wod for st pats. woke up this am a little sluggish but not so bad and what do you know! there he was!

i skipped the weight vest for this one. my vest is currently set up at 40# and i didn't want to mess with it this am, plus i figured the first time i tackle this it should be straight up. was figuring 50-55 minutes but wanted to pace it and feel it out. been a little sore last few days. abs/chest feeling it.

wod
run 1 mile
100 pull ups
200 push ups
300 squats
run 1 mile

i set it up like this.
started my mile run and used the 1st quarter to warm up then set a similar pace to yesterday. slow i know but i figured i had a long march ahead of me.
moved right to the pull up bar from the treadmill.
partitioned as below
10 rounds of
10 pull-ups
20 push ups
30 squats
all the squats were unbroken which was excellent as they have been a weakness of mine. all puul ups and push ups unbroken except for the last set. pull ups 8/2 push ups 15/5
the first 5 rounds were hard and the last 5 were a count down. just do a round, check it off and move to the next. rested after the squats. tried to move from one exercise to the next and only rest after the round. i kept a decent pace. the last few rounds dragged a little but i "pushed em out"! kept thinking about Marcus Luttrell's Book about his experience with Murph and the other 2 seals in Afghanistan. it fired me up a bit.
the last mile was brutal. jogged the first 10th to get my wind back after the last round of squats and then ran it at the same pace as the first. slow, but got it done.
47:00 min on the clock. wall clock so plus or minus a few.
goal for next time is to use the vest and beat this time. i think its possible!

great way to start St Pats!

RIP Lt Murphy. thank you for your service and sacrifice. "all gave some, some gave all"
hoorah!

were's my Guinness?

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