6 July

Training (1130a)

Row 60m For Max Distance
*15,081

*The plan going in was to keep a 2:00/500m pace and just settle in. This was MUCH more difficult that it sounded in my head. Mentally, this was one of the hardest things I can remember doing when it has come to my training. I think if I could have dropped to 2:04-2:06, it would have been fairly easy but that 2:00 pace was as close to 100% effort for me over the 60m time period as it gets. Baity rowed it with me and without him, I would have slowed down or possibly even quit, that's how bad it got at about the halfway point. Not only did he do it with me, he beat me by about 30-40 meters which is super impressive....for him anyway...not so much for me. I think this just reinforces that mentally, the few weeks off of training and the fast, has taken some of my toughness away. My hands were blistered in about 4 different spots after the row, my legs were chaffed to the point of barely walking the remainder of the day/night...overall pretty miserable and I hope to never see a 15k Row again in my life. I would love to know a few other times if you have had anyone else do this. This should be one of your tests to determine if you want to work with people....this was as big of a mental game as any and it would show who is really serious about training. 

*This also goes to show yet another advantage I have going into this season. Having Baity as a training partner is huge for me. When he is healthy, he is as good a CrossFitter as any in that I can be training with. His strength isn't as good as mine but that isn't what I need a push in, it is all the other things: running, gymnastics, longer chippers...I lose often to him in these types of workouts and it has given me a huge push. The no training partner style can work for a very small fraction of competitive CrossFitters but in the end, training alone will be a negative, no matter how you spin it.