Meeting Pukey

Monday, September 12;

Workouts like these make me super nervous! I get the butterflies in my stomach and I get all restless right before the clock starts. Then it's go time. I guess it'll qualify as a triplet and a run. As prescribed with muscleups it'd just be a nice little couplet. I couldn't do it the "easy" way, so I'm forced into pullups and dips.

Some noteworthy progress.. I did the first round of dips without the band. It was one at a time, but I was so pumped to be moving my full body weight on the rings.

WOD:
4 rounds:
9 muscleups (subbed 9 ring dips & 9 C2B pullups)
9 Squat clean - 85lb
400 meter run

I was ahead the whole workout. I attribute this to the fact that I was subbing out muscleups for dips and pullups. It's a much easier sub. The squat cleans rocked me. I was trying to push through two at a time, but by the end it was rough.

It was also rough when I realized how close I was to losing my first place finish (this is a relative statement, because I wasn't doing as RX). I was ahead as I went out for the last run. In my head I kept telling myself to push the run. It's not a rest. I was running hard. I was almost at the turn, when I heard a little voice behind me saying, "you better push." What the F%$#? It was Emily, the mother of 5 including twins. She's a fierce competitor. I had no other choice other than to push. It turned into an all out sprint. We were running down the hill. She said, "Don't let me pass you." At that point all you can ask yourself is who wants it more. She was breathing down my neck, literally. I pushed harder, while wondering.. holy crap.. she has the breath to talk. She's not even gassed.

A few more steps and a glance at the clock. Time! I finished before her, but only by a second. Then both of us promptly leaned over and threw up! Thanks for the push Em!

Total: 21:28 (I think...???)