Sunday May 17, 2009

I thought I would sleep like a baby after Saturday's torture. Perhaps it was the ice coffee I had at 3:45 before my row, but I was pretty amped most of the night. Heading into the finals in the last position with a workout that ended with 30 snatches only 7lbs less than my present 1RM. Yikes.

I finished dead last, but worked my way through it. It was a mental barrier for me. Mostly, to not get pissed that I was last. The old me would have been cursing up a storm, and thinking how much I sucked over and over. This time, I was proud to be out there. I think I was the only one left working for something like the last 7 minutes of the workout. All the ladies gathered around the crowd cheered for every rep that I caught and pressed out to overhead. (this is NOT how you snatch for those unfamiliar).

Above you can see a video of a few of the reps.

30 reps Clean and Jerk @ 95lbs (~5-6 mintes), 400m run and 30 reps snatch at 75lbs. Overall time ~19 minutes. The cut off was 20 minutes so at least I made it!