Showing posts with label dehydration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dehydration. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2009

Wasting Away In Margaritaville

4x800m run

Today was horrible. My mind was NOT in the game. I blame a long weekend of partying and eating which led to absolute dehydration. I weighed in a 172.6 which is considerably less than my average of late.
My first 800m was decent, I ran a 2:41. I didn't have anything left after that, and it was all I could do to maintain a stride. The remaining 3 rounds were all between 3:00 and 3:40. Pathetic.
I aim to redo this WOD by the end of the week.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Meltdown

There's just nothing worse in life than disappointment, ESPECIALLY when you have let yourself down. During today's WOD I did just that. Behold:



"The Filthy Fifty"



50 Box Jumps

50 Jumping Pull-Ups

50 Kettlebell Swings, 1 Pood

Walking Lunge, 50 steps

50 Knees-to-Elbows

50 Push-Press, 45#

50 Back Extensions

50 Wall-Ball, 20# Ball

50 Burpees

50 Double Unders



My time was a shameful 29:50 and I have been absolutely disgusted with myself all day. My major time challenges were 1.) knees-to-elbows where I kept losing my grip 2.) wall-balls where I plain gassed out/lost mechanics and 3.) burpees where I started feeling sorry for myself. All this was exacerbated by the fact that it was 80 degrees and 80% humidity. I actually lost 2lbs of water weight during this WOD. That's nearly 1L in less than 30min.



I'm not sure why I feel so frustrated about my performace today, normally I'd just chalk it up to being a new CrossFitter and the fact that it was my first time to do the Filthy Fifty. I suppose I feel that I was well rested, well fed, and ready for the challenge but didn't get near the result I feel I should have. I could blame it on the weather or on the first attempt... but I to blame myself and carry it until the next time the Fifty and I meet.



Weight:172.0... 174.0 after rehydrating