Next up was the one of the main WODs of the day "Lauriel". But before that, I had to do 5 rope climbs for time. They had a 3 minute time cap on it, but I wasn't worried about it. I got my first 4 rope climbs in about 30 seconds. My 5th one started bad. I had so much lactic acid in my fore arms that I couldn't let go of the rope or open my fingers enough to grab it again. I got all the way up to the 15 foot mark and as soon as I touched it, my grip failed and I fell the full 15 feet to the ground. I didn't get injured at all but it took a full minute before I could grip the rope again. I completed the 5th rope climb without incident and immediately walked over to my dad to get the lactic acid rubbed out of my arms.
I was in heat 6 for "Lauriel", so I had some time to wait. I spent that time coaching members of my team and warming up. This WOD was every bit as brutal as I thought it was going to be. I got the 23 deadlifts un broken. My plan for the handstand push ups was to tap out if I started to fail. As I predicted, I got to 15 and couldn't do anymore. I decided to take the 20 second penalty per unfinished handstand push up and move on to back squat. I got those done in two sets and then suffered through the burpees keeping a moderate pace. I plowed through the ground to overhead in a moderate amount of time, and the workout was over.
After an hour for lunch, they announced the next workout along with 2 skill tests. I was in heat 5 this time and decided to get my skill tests done right away. The first up was the broad jump. You had 3 attempts to get as far as you could. I got 85 inches on that one. The next one was a bean bag toss. You had 1 minute to throw as many bean bags through the hole as you could. I threw 25 bean bags and only got 7 threw the hole. The next WOD was "Last Man Standing". On the first minute you complete 1 snatch and 1 box jump. The second minute 2 of each and so on until you can't complete the allotted number within the minute. I was pretty wrecked going into this workout so I was only able to get to 7 snatches and 4 box jumps. That was the last workout for me. I placed 43rd overall. I'm pretty dang proud of that. I got 57th in my last one and 99th the one before that. I'm creeping up on the leaders and it's only a matter of time for me. I will post more pics soon. Below is a highlight video of the "Lauriel" workout. Enjoy!
http://www.neverdiegear.com/Site/Podcast/Entries/2011/12/5_“Lauriel”.html
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