The End of the Open 2013

So I took two cracks at Open workout 13.5. In attempt 1, I did what a lot of people do - came out guns blazing. How'd that work out? 1 round in <90 -="" 150="" a="" in="" p="" remaining="" right="" round="" seconds.="" seconds="" the="" then........half="" tool="" what="">
But you see that over, and over again. And knowing myself - asthma, not an endurance athlete, etc... I should have been smarter.

So for the only time in 2013, I took one more shot. I went back to the drawing board. I knew I was not going to get to 90 reps, but I thought I could do 2 rounds, 60 reps. Pacing myself out of the gate and relying on my strength - powerful intervals - was the way to go. In round 1 I did 3 sets of 5 thrusters and then 5 sets of 3 chest to bar pullups. Took me a little longer than 90 seconds, but I felt strong after that. And with about 2 minutes left to work........A CrossFit Miracle.

I picked up that barbell and banged out all 15 thrusters in round 2 without dropping. Surprised myself, and certainly any one else who knows me and was paying attention. Ended up with 59 reps after my grip went. Fell off the bar in a dramatic flair.

It's nice to outperform yourself once in a while. A great way for me to end the Open.

Next up - knee surgery, and rehab. About time.

13.5 revealed

I should have just predicted a Fran wod. I had been telling people all week I thought they would pull it out again, but people dismissed it.

Goal is to get through 90 reps, but since my Fran time is more like 5 minutes, and this is chest to bar Fran I am going to predict.....


64 reps. Let you know soon.

13.5!!! See it here first.

Below is a recap the movements we have seen in the 3 Opens and the time domains:

Based on all of that - my best guess is that we will have wod >10 minutes and including*

-c2b pullups, hspu and a squat (likely a squat clean) ....

In 2011 and 2012 there twice as many wods 10 minutes or longer as those under 10 min. So I am guessing longer for 13.5. And in 2013 we have yet to have pullups - a crossfit staple, or (heavy front) squats like in 2011.3, and hspu cause this is my blog and want to see them.

Data...

2013....
week 1 - burpees, snatches 17 min
week 2 - overhead press, deadlift, box jumps  10 min
week 3 - wallball, d/u, muscle ups 12 min
week 4 - clean&jerk, toes to bar 7 min
week 5 - Pain


2012...


week 1 - burpees 7 min
week 2 - snatch ladder 10 min
week 3 - box jump, push press, t2b 18 min
week 4 - wallball, d/u, muscle ups 12 min
week 5 - thrusters, c2b pullups 7 min

And from 2011....

week 1 - snatch, double unders 10 min
week 2 - deadlifts, pushups, box jumps 15 min
week 3 - 165# sq clean thurster - 5 min
week 4 - burpees, ohs, muscle ups 10 min
week 5 - power cleans, t2b, wallball 20 min
week 6 - thrusters, c2b pullups 7 min

*I reserve the right to delete this blog post after the wod is announced and I am made a fool of....