This was a painful one. What’s kind of cut off from the framed pic (thanks, snapseed) is the “skill set” we worked on first. Watt test. As in, how many watts can you pull on the erg in 10 sec (highest output reading)? Over a minute (average output)? In all my years of rowing we never did a watt test, and I can kind of get why. You either pulled hard or you didn’t. If you did, it probably showed in your erg scores. Strength doesn’t necessarily translate into efficiency nor finesse. The most skilled, efficient owners make the boat. Except, you know, if you are HELLA strong and super tall … You probably will make the boat.
Anyway my wattage output: 438 (10 sec) & 335 (1 min).
I went all out, which killed me in the actual WOD. My run was first, 40 sit-ups. Then the icky erg, then 37 wall balls. I just barely eked out a 1000m row in 4 min (my goal is to maintain a 2:00 split). After time was up I dropped to the ground because I couldn’t hold myself up any longer. It was that exhausting.
Man, I hate the erg.
Speaking of the erg, I just wanted to mention the one thing. I was scrolling through my Twitter feed the other day and caught this tweet from Crossfit hotshot Julie Foucher:
So, she had a bad day and pulled a 8:00+ 2K time. Wow, I am thinking, must have been a really bad day. Then I read the comments (ignore the first comment, delivered by some a-hole meathead) Note where she says her PR is 7 seconds faster. Do the math … Subtract the … Carry the … So Julie Foucher’s PR for a 2K is 7:58. Right? Is that right? Do you know what that means?
It means MY 2K PR (a proud 7:47) is faster than Julie’s! Even my other sub-8:00 score 2 years after my PR, clocking in at 7:57, is faster than Julie. Know what that means? I am frigging faster than the second fittest woman in the world!!!
Okay, actually that PR was like in 2005. I haven’t done a 2K this decade. I hope I never have to. But once upon a time …
And, remember what I said about power vs finesse? So, yeah. There you go., because there is no way I am actually faster or stonger. Impossible. But I may have had several more years of training on technique than her, and that seems to have stuck.
I won’t deny it. I did enjoy a short victory moment there.