Thursday....I'm going to make it through this week!

Every Thursday the workout is picked randomly via the Hopper Deck (of cards). Today's pick was a benchmark workout and it is tough.

The girls should be lifting 65lb (so if you were competing that is what every girl will lift. The guys lift 95lbs).

It is supposed to be fast and hard. That it was. I did it with 55lbs today. This was my first time doing this workout.

I am really sore from yesterdays workout. We have done a lot of thrusters/squats lately and that with increasing my weights has taken a toll on my hams. But I guess that means it is all working...or killing me slowly.

WOD
"FRAN"
Thrusters
Pull-ups

Reps of 21-15-9.

Time: 7:41

Once I was done that I picked up Marlene and we went to hit the treadmill. I had no desire to be on the treadmill never mind exerting energy I didn't have.

I managed to run for 28 minutes. The good part of this is that I did actually push it for the last 5 minutes so all was not wasted. Can you say junk miles for the rest???

Then - I didn't even care about the ZONE when we decided to hit the House of Wings...for wings. No alcohol - just water and an order o wings. It will be a long while before I go back. Yummy - but enough.

Okay - Bring on Friday - I can take it!

Hump Day....

WOD
At the start of every minute complete 10 sit-ups.
For the remainder of the minute complete:

25 Squat Cleans (65lbs)
25 Pull-ups (purple band and thin black band)
25 Push Jerks

Time: 11:43

That was one tough workout. I was able to lift the weight for the squat cleans but they were slow. On the positive side - I did get good squats with the weight.

The pull-ups were a disaster but I used less bands and had to work harder.

Push Jerks are my favorite thing so far and I find them easy to do. I was feeling the weight by the end though.

I felt great after - well - after the wanting to puke feeling left me. Tough, fast workouts with heavy weights are my favorite. :)

Gotta go for my run...

I finally made it to the gym around 7:40pm. I really didn't want to run but I know I need to get my mileage in if I am going to succeed at ATB.

I figured I would do 6K easy as that is what my schedule called for but then once I started running I felt good and started to crank up the speed. Always on the treadmill it is at 1% incline. That is to make it more like the grade of a flat road.

I didn't do 10 and 1s but just ran it straight and picked up the speed. I did 3.1miles (5K) in 29:13 mintues. Sub 30!! Woo Hoo!

My workout day is complete!

Hump Day wasn't so bad afterall....