9-30-13

9-28-13

Pensacola Beach Brawl

Event 1

8 Min to establish a Max Clean and Jerk
255lbs - I failed 3 tomes on the jerk at 265lbs.  Just couldnt lock it out.  The cleans felt great, I was feeling good about this coming into it, I was hoping to PR actually.  Push Pressed 245 - my split was just not there for some reason.  I probably should have warmed it up more.

Event 2

40 Double Unders
30 T2B
20 OHS @ 135LBS
10 Box Jump Overs @ 30''
20 S2OH @ 135lbs
30 Pull Ups
40 Double Unders
8:01 - This was fun But I think that I went out a bit hard and my shoulders blew up on the S2OH.  I did the first set of DUs unbroken, the T2B and OHS were unbroken too - then I moved through the box jump overs smoothly.  I did the first 9 S2OH then broke.  My shoulders gave out I did the last 11 reps 4/4/3.  The pull-ups were bad too 6 sets of 5, my shoulders and grip were dead.  The last DUs were sets of around 10 and I probably broke three times on the last 10. Minimal rest was taken on all breaks, I felt good about that.  

Event 3

Floater WOD

3 Attempts for Max Vertical Jump
28''  -  I have never done this before and I know that I didn't have the technique down.  I was definitely expecting more.

Event 4

Beach Run - 

15 Burpee over parallelets in the Sand
400m Run with 20lb Medicine Ball 
400m Run 
4:41 - This wasn't as bad as i was expecting, I'm just not used to running in the sand, its totally different but it was fun.  Looking back I could have gone harder I wasn't as destroyed as most of the other competitors were after.  

Event 5

Heavy Power Amanda

9-7-5
Muscle Ups
Power Snatch @ 155lbs
6:13 - This was my favorite event.  It was my first comp event with MUs, they felt great - 9 unbroken, 5/2, 3/2.  The snatches were singles, my judge gave me a 2 second count at the top of each rep before telling me to drop the bar.  The snatches felt light and fast.  

Over all this was a humbling experience.The competition was very strong and skilled.  But I'm glad that I put myself out there and got through it.  I know that I have a long way to go but I'm looking forward to the challenge.  There are things that I would have done differently - warmed up better before and after each event, planned better for nutrition, rest and recovery,etc... as well as coaching between my events.  It was a good experience and I'm happy with the way things are headed.