Blackwell

Saturday morning was many people's first experience with Blackwell, or Mt. Hoy if you are the DuPage County forest preserve. All you need to know is that it is the biggest hill in the area and probably the best way to make your legs feel as if they will fall off in the shortest amount of time.

The view in this picture is from the top of Blackwell and in the background in Chicago. The views are excellent. Although if you just ran up the hill you cannot really enjoy the view because your face is pointed toward the ground and you are trying not to collapse. Anyways we did two workouts.

The first was 5 timed intervals. Complete an exercise then sprint up the hill as fast as possible then rest about 3 minutes and repeat. Myself, Connor, Nelly, Melby, Matt, Pyne, and Rachel did each of the exercises. I only kept track of my times. But it gives you a ballpark idea.

1) 10 Thruster (95#), hill run in 1:22

2) 20 sumo deadlift high pull (53#) , hill run in 1:29

3) 15 keg power clean (70#), hill run in 1:40

4) 10 clapping push ups, hill run in 1:11

5) hill run, 10 thruster (95#) in 1:29 (did not count time running down)

Rest 5 minutes

Team WOD:

Boch, Connor, Pyne and Rachel complete 3 total hill runs, 200 KB swing,  and 200 burpees as a team

Nelly, Melby and Matt complete 3 total hills runs, 150 KB swings and 150 burpees as a team

This workout was a terrible idea from the start, from the standpoint of my legs hurt pretty badly, but it was necessary to make us tougher.

Boch's team finished in 9:22 and Nelly's team in 10:34.

Overall a killer day. Everyone was smoked, but had a great time being outside enjoying creation and getting a great workout in. We will be going to Blackwell again on Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 pm for some interval training and team relays. Don't want to miss this one. See everyone at 9 pm Monday in the SRC. Sunday is a rest day. Monday begins a new week.