Monday Benchmark

Ahh Mondays.
At the gym for 6:00 am this morning as per usual. This entails having everything I need for the day ready to go. Truck and tools squared away, cooler with my zone food, clothes for work and clothes for play, briefcase, samples. etc. Out the door at 5:30 to make it to my affiliate for 6.
We had done a benchmark on Saturday and guess what, another one today.
Now, Mondays are difficult for me because I usually get no more than 3 to four hours sleep on Sunday night. I get to thinking about all the minutia of the upcoming week: jobs to complete, jobs to start, invoicing, bill payments, supplies required, blah,blah, so I lay awake for a long time.
It makes Monday WODs a little more challenging because I feel a little slow.
Today we did "Annie R U OK?" which is a wonderful little monster of 30's. This means that for each exercise, you do thirty reps at the prescribed weight before moving to the next.
Annie R U OK
Row (calories)
DB Thrusters (40lbs)
Box jumps (24 ")
Sumo Deadlift High Pull (65lbs)
Medicine Ball cleans (20lbs)
Burpees
Wall ball (20lbs)
A good one for sure.
Overall, I expected to be sub 15 minutes when I first looked at it and during the workout it felt pretty good but I needed to rest more then usual. Also, during the thrusters, I felt as though I wasn't solid coming out from the squat and that my mid line stabilization was weak. It showed in that I wasn't able to push press the weight as much as stand and press. Fatiguing and inefficient. However, I still finished in under 15 minutes but I think I can do sub 14 without too much problem.
One thing is that I have been taking my runners off for most of the WODS because I like to feel solid. This does not help for box jumps. Slows me down as I don't bounce off the top of the box but have to step down to preserve my feet. Really helps for power movements though.

All to say, today was good, tomorrow will be better.