"Murph" round ... umm... 3 ?

I did this same workout back in August, and then I did it a second time on January 2nd.

You can read about both workouts here.

"Murph" is the name of the workout and it has to be one of my favorites... it will NEVER be easy and it's one of the longer CrossFit workouts.

"Murph" calls for a 1 mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats, and then follow it up with a 1 mile run.

The first time I did it in 50:43.
The second time I did it in 37:41.
Tonight I did it in 43:40.

What???? I got slower???

Well, technically, yes, but I made the workout more challenging by doing the pull-ups on level 15 instead of 16 and I did 50 of the 200 push-ups regular instead of all modified. The very first time I did "Murph", I couldn't even do all modified push-ups... I had to do some leaning on a bar b/c I couldn't do all 200 push-ups even modified.

So, yes, I got slower, but I figured that would happen since I was making it more challenging.

I ran the first mile in 8:00 flat. I ran the second mile in 9:00 flat. That last mile was tough because after 300 squats, your legs really don't want to run a mile... at least mine didn't.

Unfortunately, I also started getting calf cramps again. I'm going to ice them tonight, and I'm even considering going to get another massage in just my legs. The half marathon is coming up, and I'm getting nervous that my calves won't cooperate. It's just discouraging.

The funniest part to me about tonight was that after running two miles in 17:00 and doing 300 squats, I had to bike home.

hahahah. That was loads of fun. : )

Kelsalynn