2500m of no-fun

Skill: Wendler Cycle 2 Week 2 (Press). Press is a favorite. I like these.

WOD: 5 x 500m, 2 minutes rest in between intervals

Not a favorite. “Doesn’t this bring back good memories?” asked Coach Liz. “No, it brings back some bad ones,” I replied in a gasping-for-breath kind of way. It’s one thing to know you are going to wake up the next morning and do 500m pieces on the erg. You can mentally prepare. But to walk in and not know. It’s the worst!

During one of my rest periods I began playing the mind game of “would you rather”, as in:

Would you rather … 500M pieces or 500M sprints (running)? Probably both painful except that I have greater expectations on the row.

Would you rather … 5 x 500M row or 100 Burpees for time? Burpees.

Would you rather … 5 x 500m or Timed 2K? No brainer. 500m pieces!