In teams of two, complete the following:
Workout:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15
Burpee/SDLHP
**complete all reps as a team. reps can NOT be broken up. Once you start the designated reps in that round, you must complete them before your partner takes over. One will be on the odd and the other will be even. EXAMPLE: pt 1 completes the full 8 reps, pt 2 competes the following 9 reps.
While the one partner is completing the prescribed reps on that round, partner 2 is waiting patiently…doing jumping jacks. Uneven teams will do their partners reps in jumping jacks.
Cool Down:
400m run and 500m row
Whit's coaching at 9am! Come and get your Whitney dose!
Above: Ray finishes his first-ever marathon! There were a TON of great stories, including 8 first-time half-marathon finishers AND 5 first-time marathon finishers, but here's how Ray did it:
On the first lap, I shared the pace with Cam and Ray. Cam glided along as if on rollerblades, Ray told me about all the research he'd been reading, and I just enjoyed the trip. It was gorgeous – mown hay, horses and cows, a slight breeze, good conversation, and easy running.
Around the 7k mark, Ray shared his thoughts on work and running: "If you've ever hauled crushed gravel with a wheelbarrow for 10 hours, you can run a marathon." Mathematically, he's right: the amount of total work done by a labourer under load far exceeds that required for a marathon, even within the same time window. I thought about long, dry July days spent in the fields of my youth, and it helped me get into a "head down and finish the work" mindset.
Of course, I didn't finish the whole marathon. Misjudging my hydration level, I knew I was in trouble when my skin suddenly went dry to the touch at around 20km. Soon after, my legs seized and I walked, peg-legged, back to the start line (just like at Defiance, where I made the same mistake.) So after a stubborn attempt to "walk it off," I shut down at around 24k and spent the next two hours in a lawn chair, waiting for everyone else to finish.
Devyn did, and then Cam; Shane strode confidently across the line, and then wobbled when he came to a stop. And then, a little later, came Ray.
Shadowed by Meagan in their car, he was no longer telling jokes. Head down, jaw set, pushing like there was a wheelbarrow full of crushed rock in front of him. But he did it.
Kathleen shared a quote with us the night before, from Prefontaine, about a race being not "to see who's fastest, but who's got the most guts." I already knew. A guy with the self-control to fight on with a broken nose; who can decide "I'll let this guy break my arm rather than tap out" – yeah, he can run 42k. Way to go, buddy. See you next year.