Reflecting on the week and FGB...

Taking some time on Monday morning to reflect on the prior week.  I was real pleased with my work in the box last week.  I made it in each day Monday through Thursday.  Solid strength improvements and cardio on the metcons.  I bailed on Friday to recover from the workouts and to build my strength up a bit for Saturday morning's FGB. 

FGB Saturday

We had a huge showing of folks from not just our box but from a few others (primarily the South Metro Crossfit team which is the Crossfit community for fire fighters in Douglas County).  There were some really high scores posted (all of the fire fighters were mid 300's plus which made me feel very confident of the guys who save lives) with the highest score coming from Jon M. (trainer at our box who is leaving in the next few months for the Air Force Special Operations group).  We had 2 lanes setup and ran through 5 heats total with 2 to 3 people per lane.

My score was 191.  My goal for the day was 200+ (prior score was 166 back in May).  Although I didn't reach my goal (9 shy) I was real pleased with the 25 point gain.  I started with the wall ball station per the normal flow.  Eric N. was my counter and we discussed the strategy before hand.  His suggestion and I agreed was to shoot for 15 points per station.  That would get me to 225 total for the round.  Strategy is one thing but reality is another.  I made the same mistake I always make on workouts with multiple rounds.  I went out strong real early.  First two stations (wall ball and SDHP) I scored a 22 and 21.  Used up way too much gas early on and the box jumps smoked me.  I ended up just moving through them stepping up and down.  I did catch up on the push press (22) and gamed the row a little bit to catch my breath.  My first round total was 81 and I fell off on rounds 2 and 3 in the mid 50's.  Regardless, I am real pleased.  Eric pushed me quite a bit in rounds 2 and 3 yelling out for 1 more here and there and telling me to stop and move to the next station to take a few deep breaths.  As I look at things I think I could have found another 9 reps somewhere in there if I had a running total of where I was at.

I'm traveling quite a bit this week and next so will miss a few days but I'll be in San Fran and will do my best to make it into Lalanne fitness for a day or two.  I'll at least put my gear on and run / walk the streets of San Fran.