I picked Annabel up from the airport last night and we only ate dinner late so it was difficult to get out bed this morning! I slept in til 6:15 so only had time for a quick workout. After a warm up of pushups/pullups/dips/squats, I did a mainsite WOD from earlier this week.
Five rounds for time of:
85kg deadlift x 15 reps
Toes to bar x 15 reps
The mainsite benchmarks suggested this could be as quick as 6mins30s. What a joke - it took me more like 20minutes! The hardest thing was grip strength. I can usually do 15 reps of toes to bar in a row without too much trouble. By the 4th set I was struggling to do 5 in a row. It was a tough workout and I was glad when it was over. On the positive side - my deadlifts have improved a lot in the last month and felt really strong and controlled (when I could actually grip the bar). No lower back pain at all during or after the workout, suggesting that my form has improved.
I've been tracking the Coolrunning forums about the Coastal Classic. People are pulling out and selling their tickets left, right and centre!! I sincerely hope it's still on as I'm flying back to do it, and missing out on the Bridge to Brisbane which looks like fun. The speculation is that the trail is very muddy still and even if it doesn't rain in the next few weeks (not likely), it'll still be wet. They were pretty quick to cancel the event in June so I'm not too confident, but trying to look on the bright side! I'll try to get some long sand runs in this weekend at Fraser Island anyway.
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