So, I judged 14.5 all day yesterday, and did it today, which is how I have done all the open workouts. After watching yesterday, I knew I could go sub-16 if I gamed it right and stuck to the plan. I knew some pretty valuable truths- don't go out fast, at all, for any reason. 2 second thrusters, 3 second burpees at the very fastest. Keep moving, at all times. Big chunks of thrusters when you need to break them up, never anything short of sets of 5. When you hit singles, you had to leave it on the floor. No turning away from the bar, and keep your burpees tight and be as close as possible.
Anyway, got in the gym today, went in the second heat, got through the round of 21 in just under 2 minutes. Right on plan/time. I hit 18 thrusters in 2 sets of 9 with a 10 second break in between. I'm about 6 burpees in- and the lights go out in the gym. Clock turns off. I stop for 3 or 4 seconds, and looked at the head coach (a good friend of mine), and basically gave him the WTF hands. I just decided to keep going (but had lost 15 seconds or so of time and 3 or 4 reps on the guys behind me). Power comes back on and people start playing the guessing game about what time the power went off, what time we are at now, so on. They also didnt re-start the clock, which I had literally been staring at the entire time.
In the round of 12, power goes off again. They had started a backup clock on a phone, so no worries there. I press through the singles like I had planned and finished strong. I ended up getting beat by about 10 seconds by one guy that did exactly what Froning did to Briggs- he just paced off me and went harder in the 9/6 round. No issues.
So the time I have to submit? 16:45. Now, I don't give a shit about where that puts me in the open. But as I sit here and estimate, I start tallying up the guesswork and pauses and whatnot, and it pissed me off. I met my goal last week, and felt great about my goal this week.
Worst part about it is that everyone else was rolling around on the floor for an hour afterwards, and I had planned it so well that I was smoked, but immediately felt better (and then immediately wondered if I could have pushed it harder). Realistically, I dont think I could have, but it was a pretty disappointing way to end it.
Either way, I'm the coach of the team going to regionals in Salt Lake, so that'll be a good time in general. I will be drinking heavily.
Anyway, got in the gym today, went in the second heat, got through the round of 21 in just under 2 minutes. Right on plan/time. I hit 18 thrusters in 2 sets of 9 with a 10 second break in between. I'm about 6 burpees in- and the lights go out in the gym. Clock turns off. I stop for 3 or 4 seconds, and looked at the head coach (a good friend of mine), and basically gave him the WTF hands. I just decided to keep going (but had lost 15 seconds or so of time and 3 or 4 reps on the guys behind me). Power comes back on and people start playing the guessing game about what time the power went off, what time we are at now, so on. They also didnt re-start the clock, which I had literally been staring at the entire time.
In the round of 12, power goes off again. They had started a backup clock on a phone, so no worries there. I press through the singles like I had planned and finished strong. I ended up getting beat by about 10 seconds by one guy that did exactly what Froning did to Briggs- he just paced off me and went harder in the 9/6 round. No issues.
So the time I have to submit? 16:45. Now, I don't give a shit about where that puts me in the open. But as I sit here and estimate, I start tallying up the guesswork and pauses and whatnot, and it pissed me off. I met my goal last week, and felt great about my goal this week.
Worst part about it is that everyone else was rolling around on the floor for an hour afterwards, and I had planned it so well that I was smoked, but immediately felt better (and then immediately wondered if I could have pushed it harder). Realistically, I dont think I could have, but it was a pretty disappointing way to end it.
Either way, I'm the coach of the team going to regionals in Salt Lake, so that'll be a good time in general. I will be drinking heavily.
