Murph - 'nuf said

Friday, May 22;

We hit Murph. In just a few hours 40 people at CFOT hit Murph. Just incredible. That doesn't even include the people that will go through the workout in tonight's two classes. This morning was wild! People were flying in and out of the door. Pullup bars were breaking, callouses were ripping and all the usual Crossfit crazies were out in full force.









This is a long, long workout. It feels interminable, especially in the 9th round of 5, 10, 15. I was asking myself if this workout would ever be over!!?? One thing about long workouts, besides the toll it takes on your body, is the test of your mind. The danger is that your mind wanders. There's always the possibility of psyching yourself out. With these workouts I like to think about people who inspire me. People who wouldn't want to see me resting on my haunches. People who have done this workout despite their pain. It's how I force myself to get up on the bar or to do one more pushup.

I haven't done Murph since October of 2007. I'll never forget the first time I did it. I was looking for an old post from Jerry back when we did it, but that predates the current ning site. If my memory serves me correctly, I finished the workout in about 50 minutes or so. Back then I was gaming workouts, and the plan was to hit Murph kind of like it was Cindy. Do a round of 5, 10, 15 every minute for 20 minutes and then do two 8.5 minute mile runs. That's a 37 minute Murph. An incredible score for just about any fire breathing elite Crossfitter. Now, I never said I actually DID that, but it was the goal.


There was no gaming Murph today. The goal was FINISH a prescribed Murph. I had a quick first mile run, then a very slow pullup, pushup, squat portion. The pushups were the sticking point. I was doing about 5 at a time. The last 5 rounds couldn't be called "chest to deck" pushups. The strength just wasn't there for me, but I refused to go to my knees. I went as deep as I could, then kept a tight core and pushed up as hard as I could. They weren't pretty by the end, but I'm happy I did it.

I threw on a 10lb weight vest for the last run. Finished in a decent, but not stellar, hour and change.

WOD:
"Murph"
1 mile run
100 pullups
200 pushups
300 squats
1 mile run (w/ 10lb vest)

Total: 60:57

Some extra kudos today (I know I'm missing some and sorry for that):
-Christine, one of CFOT's super moms, she did Murph AS PRESCRIBED today.
-Gar busted butt today. He was the first to finish all his pullups, pushups & squats in our class and booked it out of the door. High five brother.
-Grace, the lady who pushes me to do better every day. She finished all her squats first and then fought through pullups and pushups. Yikes!
-Danya where do you get your speed from? Where?!
-Caitlin, I'm glad you got to do Murph as a final farewell... I hope it's actually just a farewell for now. -Katie.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

-All the guys and girls who put on those nasty weight vests and kept them on for nearly an hour!