NEWSLETTER The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body MY “MURPH” MOMENT. KEEPING A PROMISE
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I tried to make up some time during the squats but my gas tank was just about on empty. It was during my squats when I realized I probably wasn’t going to reach my goal. After 300 squats I could barely bend my legs as I went outside to run my final mile. I had a little over 8 minutes left to reaching my goal and I knew that there was no way I could run that last mile in that time - I did mention that I couldn’t bend my knees right?. That last mile was the worst...and the best part of the whole experience. I was feeling a little deflated with the realization that I would not finish under 60 minutes. My legs and lungs were so exhausted that I had to basically walk the first few hundred feet and then once I started a slight jog I had to stop and walk 2-3 times after a minute or so of jogging. I was about halfway done with the mile when I started thinking about the kind of physically demanding things that Michael Murphy must have done both in his training and during his final confrontation. Surely my own exhaustion must have paled in comparison to what he’d been through. I decided that even though I would not finish in the time I wanted I could still honor “Murph” by making a small promise right now...and keep it. I promised that I would run the rest of the mile without stopping again. And that’s what I did. I finished in 63 minutes...and I felt really good keeping that promise to Michael Murphy.
(continued from outside) If that’s not enough to make you sweat just reading this, I forgot to mention that he did this with full body armor on. He finished these workouts in under 45 minutes. Most CrossFit gyms now do a workout called “Murph”- which is the same workout named after the SEAL. Twenty pound vest included to mimic body armor. I had never done the workout - truthfully I was always a little scared of trying. I decided this year to give it a try - without the vest. What an experience! I had done a little bit of training specifically to get ready for “Murph” and I had tried to guess about how long it would take me to finish it. My goal was to try to finish in under 60 minutes. It was the first Saturday in June and it was one of the first hot days we’d had yet. I remember pacing myself during the first mile so I wouldn’t be too tired. I did really well on the pullups - and was ahead of my time to beat, but in hindsight I think I did them too fast. It was the push-ups that killed me! I remember getting to 100 and being wiped out. Then thinking to myself that I was only half way done.
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