Post Chicago Urbanathlon, Post Block Test

So here's a little update on how the Urbanathlon went. I finished that beast up on Saturday. I did better then I thought I was going to. I pretty much kept the same pace the whole time, or at least it felt like that. If I took a rest it would only be for a few seconds after an obstacle. At about mile 3 my feet both went completely numb, I had the same problem when I did the warrior dash and I'm sure it will happen again when I do Tough Mudder next year. That was somewhat bothersome but not a real problem and sensation returned around mile 5. At around mile 6 my knee started to really hurt, but I convinced myself to keep going or it would hurt worse. I finished the Race in 2:00:58. About one minute slower then my goal (well the real goal was just to finish, and I did). It was a ton of fun and a great challenge.

After that I went defcon 5 and studied my ass off for my cell and molecular biology block test for medical school. Hopefully I passed.

Ok, back to Crossfit. Monday was the gyms rest day so I decided it would be fun to do a gymnastics WOD using just the rings. Did muscle ups, V outs, front levers (with band), back levers (w/ band), ring push ups, ring planche push ups, and an iron cross progression.

I took Tuesday off to go to a trampolining place. Got to do some flips into a foam pit which was as fun as it sounds. Decided to take the day off from crossfit since my knee was still sore from urbanathlon and trampolining didn't seem to make it better.

Today I did the full workout. For strength we did max Clean. I was able to work up to #180 which is my body weight, maybe a few lbs more so I was stoked about that. I did it as a power clean so I guess that technically means I can do more if my form gets better. Then for the Met-con WOD it was 60 seconds of double unders with 20 seconds rest for 8 rounds. I did shitty. It was tabata scoring and I ended up with 8. I hate double unders. Hopefully I get them soon.

Alright back to studying.

WOD one week from finals

Strength:

3×10 Bench press

Metcon:

2 Rounds of:

3 min Row (for calories)

1 min Wallball (reps)

1 min deadlift bodyweight (reps)

1 min ghd (reps)

1 min rest

*score by adding total reps and calories

Me:

Strength: 135 - 155(6) - 145 (7) Gotta do this more on my own.

188 reps 175#, order: GHD, DL, WB, Row. DL felt good, by WB my legs were sapped.

Then about 10 mins of GWOD goodness: kick into split handstand, V-outs (w/ false grip), band assisted front lever (could actually get back into inverted hang this time).

Crossfit is keeping the stress down for my final that is looming. Urbanathlon is coming up on Saturday, still not sure if I am running in it. Did no running training, hip flexor got strained, shin pain whenever I run, but I still want to run it since I paid and I like the challenge. Skipping training today because I am hosting a med student interviewee. I'll train on Wednesday then take Thursday and Friday off. I might try and run 2 miles on Thursday just to see if I can do it, I figure if I can run 2 miles straight I can at least walk-run the urbanathlon since it gets broken up by the obstacles anyways. We'll see.

49" Box Jump video

Hey guys (Bruce and Kelly) here's a little video of one of my trainers/coaches and me jumping a 49" box. I figured I would post a video since I've been too busy to write lately. My jump is around :30 so enjoy.