The first Friday of every month is "Pick Your Own WOD" day albeit it's limited to "Girl" or "Hero" WOD's. I decided to go with a "HERO" WOD...
"BADGER" - 3 RFT.
30 Squat Cleans (95-lbs.)
30 Pullups
800m Run
Time: 35:23
From the CrossFit HQ Site: " 'BADGER' - In honor of Navy Chief Petty Officer Mark Carter, 27, of Virginia Beach, VA who was killed in Iraq 11 December 2007. "
Let me say this - it was brutal! There was blood, sweat, torn flesh, neck rash, bruised thighs, bruised collar bone, and my hands make me look like I have leprosy because of all the open wounds.
I've never felt pain like that, as we speak everything burns or throbs as I sit here. But I'll be darned if I don't feel accomplished after completing "Badger." CPO Carter gave up his life in service to this nation and it's people, and the cost of freedom is not so easily re-paid. We must always remember those who gave...
Listening To: A Plea for Purging - "Depravity"
2 comments:
How did pullups feel today on those hands?
I don't know if you saw but I taped 'em up pretty good... still doesn't help with my actual performance but hey, who's watching?
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