WOD 10/19/11

This was a fun one, and by fun I actually mean it was hard.

For time:

5 rounds
400m run
15 hang power snatches (rx'd 65lbs for the ladies)

Another one that looks deceptively simple on paper. I thought that the RX'd weight might be a leeeetle too much for 75 snatches, but after the first round where I was able to do all 15 in a row, my coach yelled out "your weight is too light!". I would rather err on the side of caution to begin with, because there is nothing worse than being only one round into the WOD to discover that the weight you chose is waaaaaaaaaay too heavy. But, if we ever do this one again (or the hang power snatch in a WOD in general) I will at least do the 65 lbs.

The running wasn't actually as bad as I thought it would be either. I was actually really nervous about it because holycrapballs, that is over a mile! I had to walk once, for about 10 steps on the last round of the run, but I told myself "only a couple more minutes of pain" and just pushed through it. I actually felt pretty good, despite getting some tightness in my right side. That only crops up when I do WOD's with a lot of running, and I'm pretty sure the only way that goes away is with...more running. So, on weekends I think I'm going to try to run maybe a couple miles to help because that side tightness really slows me down on the other components of the workout. At least it didn't turn into a full blown cramp, because that would have been disasterous.

Anyway, completed the WOD in 19:14. Goal was sub 20, so I was pretty happy. I had been afraid that the running would really slow me down, but it wasn't too bad. Average for the run was around 2:15-2:45 (which is on pace for a 10 minute mile or around that) Probably came in about right in the middle of the pack and from what I could tell, only ONE girl yesterday did the RX'd weight. Some of the other girls were even doing super duper light weight, like 20 lbs snatches, so I feel pretty good I managed 55lbs!