Strength Skill:
- Pistols (5-5-3-3-1)
Metcon:
"Annie" - for time:
- 50 double-unders
- 50 Abmat sit-ups
- 40 double-unders
- 40 Abmat sit-ups
- 30 double-unders
- 30 Abmat sit-ups
- 20 double-unders
- 20 Abmat sit-ups
- 10 double-unders
- 10 Abmat sit-ups
Just a few months ago, I finished Annie in 9:11, and it felt great. Today? Not so much.
I wish I could blame my crappy performance on my jump rope. Before the WOD began, I pulled my Buddy Lee rope out of my gym bag and saw a big crack in the middle of the plastic cable. M's Buddy Lee rope snapped in two last week, and it looked like mine was about to do the same. I quickly wrapped some athletic tape around it and got in position for the start of the workout, but realized that my rope wouldn't unwind. It was coiled around like a curly fry.
To be perfectly honest, though, my jump rope wasn't the problem. I know this because my first, third, and final sets of double-unders went entirely smoothly. With the exception of a hitch in my step early in my first set, I went unbroken on all of those rounds.
So ultimately, the rope wasn't to blame for my frustratingly awful second and fourth sets of double-unders. For whatever reason (mental? physical?), I couldn't rip out more than a few at a time, and kept snagging my right foot on the rope. The more I tripped, the more flustered I got, and the more flustered I got, the more I tripped.
So ultimately, the rope wasn't to blame for my frustratingly awful second and fourth sets of double-unders. For whatever reason (mental? physical?), I couldn't rip out more than a few at a time, and kept snagging my right foot on the rope. The more I tripped, the more flustered I got, and the more flustered I got, the more I tripped.
Result: 10:20 as RXed. Yup -- I lost over a minute on my Annie time.
Ugh.
Ugh.