Only 5 More Days...

Monday, November 28, 2011

Come this Saturday a group of nearly 30 of us will take on The Tough Mudder..an 11 1/2 mile mud run through 26 obstacles designed by British Special Forces to test strength, stamina and mental toughness. I signed up for it months ago, but really haven't given it a second thought until the last couple of days. With the race only 5 days away, the enormity of it is setting in and I'm starting to get the same butterflies in my tummy that I get each day before my workout.

For all you runners out there that believe lot's of long distance training is necessary to compete in a race like this, this should raise an eyebrow: I decided early on not to do any more running to prepare for the race than whatever came up in my daily CrossFit wod's (average less than 2-3 miles per week max), so that should put an interesting twist on this whole thing.

The claim has always been made that training CrossFit style will prepare you for almost anything, so I'm putting that claim to the test. Being that my average workout is only 20 minutes long and the average time for the Mudder is 3 hours...well, it's going to be interesting! If this thing kills me, I'd like to state publicly right now that my final wish is to have the entire cast from the movie The Expendables perform my Eulogy.

 One more time for my Mudder Brudders and sisters ; )

WOD
Elmer
Warmup
8 Mins active stretching, situps, hypers, samson stretch
Strength Endurance
Tabata Deads 250lbs/150lbs
8 Rounds / 20 secs on. 20 secs off / 50+ Reps is Goal
Work Capacity
3 Rounds
1 Min AMRAP Double Unders (sub burpees if you can't do DU's)
1 Min AMRAP Pullups
2 Min Rest