Sunday, October 6, 2013

OPTathlon

weight: 154

Event 1:  Clean and Overhead in 10 min
last year: 170
this year: 190
Very happy with this. I started with 170, then went to 180, then 190. The jerk on 190 was rough, I basically pressed it up, I didn't push myself under the bar enough. I tried for 195 with about 10 seconds left but I failed the clean. I think I would have been able to stand up with it if I had more time to rest. 

Event 2:  Standing Triple Jump
last year: 16′ 11″
this year: 18'6"
Pleased with a PR on this, still need to get better at the correct technique

Event 3:  Row Repeats (500 m row, rest 90 sec, 500 m row)
last year: 1:55.7, 2:3.3
this year: 1:47.6, 1:57.9
REALLY HAPPY with this. I was not looking forward to this at all because row sprints are terrible but I was hoping to improve on this since I have been doing so much rowing lately. The first 500 felt pretty bad but I was able to hold a good pace, the second 500 SUCKED and I definitely slowed down but was still able to push through. Definitely the worst part of the day but pleased with the improvement from last year.

Event 4:
25 DU's
25 Power snatch-65#
25 burpees
25 DU's
4:29
This was a little deceiving, I broke up the snatches 9/8/5/3, definitely got tough on the shoulders near the end. I felt like I was able to keep a steady pace on the burpees which is good but tripped up on the double unders at the end. 


Event 5: Reverse Shot Put Toss - 16# men, 8# women
last year: 28'1"
this year: 27'4"
I am not good at this.

Event 6:  3000 m run
last year: 18:53
this year: 17:36
WHAT. I am so happy about this. I was hoping to PR this today. I was a little worried because a few weeks ago when we had to run at the track, it was terrible and I felt like shit the whole time I was running so I was nervous that it wouldn't go well today. I was able to keep a pretty good pace the first couple laps, then when I started getting tired I would slow down on the curves and pick up the pace on the straightaways. I really didn't feel that bad at all, and I was able to pick it up the last 100 meters. Last year the run felt like it took FOREVER but today it went relatively quickly. Also we had great running weather, it was cloudy and cool. I am pleasantly surprised at how well this went. 

Overall, today was awesome, I had a lot of fun with Megan, Stephen, Justin, Jeff, Lee, Pat, and Cody. I liked that the group was a lot smaller than last year, it was chill and relaxed and really fun. Great day!

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