Thursday, September 3, 2009

Wednesday: Crossfit Virtuosity's "Murph" -- FAIL

“Murph”
For time
1 mile Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 mile Run

Partition the pull-ups, push-ups, and squats as needed. Start and finish with a mile run.

FAIL

The first mile felt great. Didn't even really take a breather before jumping into the circuit (5/10/15) which I was supposed to complete 20x before the finishing run. After 7 rounds I could not go on due to dehydration.

I don't think I had a drop of moisture in my mouth or throat... I felt dangerously dehydrated. Confirmed that I was when on walk home, I ran it up one of the big hills and then got a sharp cramp. Then a few blocks later, got dehydration headache... Was shaky and half dead by the time I got home.

A bunch of water and a banana later and I was feeling better, but DON'T TRY A ROUTINE LIKE THIS OUTSIDE IN THE SUN WITHOUT WATER. (Lesson for the future.)


Side note: I was making good time - very continuous. But pull-ups were getting hard. Even with water, I might not have had a tough time finishing those.

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