I may not complaint. I love the warm weather! There is nothing better than summer in the city, but there hasn’t fallen a drop of rain since 4 weeks. And thats more than strange for this country. Everything is dried out, nothing green left. And at this point it’s getting the best of me when it comes to training. The weather makes me lazy and thats not very productive with just 4 weeks to go to the race. Another thing that’s holding me back in training is festival season! The best festivals are now on in Amsterdam and some of them I just cannot skip. So during the week and when the temperature is at a more acceptable level, I’m throwing on my running shoes. OCR This week I had my fourth official OCR work-out and lord it contained a lot of running again. The warming-up already worn me out! We started the warm-up with 3 round of: a 200m run, 15 push ups from a pick position. Then 10 burpees and finishing it off with 10 some kind of weird abdominal worm movements. Anyway, The workout has yet to began at that point and I was already done for the day. Because it contained some much running I decided to go for a scaled version of the WOD. Instead of twice a 800m run, it now comes down to twice a 400m run. WOD it takes We started with the 400m run and with, oh wait! A jerrycan filled with water! Then you had to rush back in for a 360 plank, meaning staying static with the feet and walking the 360 circle with your hands, maintaining the plank position. Just one circle for the scaled version, so that was fine. Followed by 10 burpees, where you have to jump over a plate, instead the air. And when you cannot walk or crawl anymore, you need to run up the ramp and straight after the incline wall. Finishing this part, a jerrycan was waiting for you to be carried for another 400m run. And at that moment you really just want to fall face forward on the concrete floor, you had to climb over the high wall and finishing the whole workout with a monkeybar. Note to self: read the work-out carefully and read it again during the workout. I made a mistake by doing the whole sequence of 360 circle and burpees again before hitting the wall. That cost me a major minute. Secretly I was so pissed I barely made it faster than the other lady, I couldn't care less if my name and time were registered on the WOD bord. Thats why this kind of sport aren't for me. The non existing competition in training is too present for me. And yes, maybe just for me.
So I went that evening. A 7k run in one go and guess what, 10 minutes faster than the last time. Something tells me that in the heat of the moment, I will be alright.
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