Inspired by the theme of the Games’ first event (beach) I felt obliged to do the WOD on the beach here.
Slight mods were needed for two reasons: 1) there is absolutely no sand on this island only pebbles and 2) there is no pullup bar whatsoever anywhere. So about half the run was in deep pebbles which arguable are tougher to run on than sand (think gravel mixed with quicksand). The run ended up being 3400m per google maps. Also finding a suitable tree branch in the Mediterranean forced me in the field of botany. Many indigenous trees like olive and fig wouldn’t hold a big bird let alone a kipping 165 pounds. Finally I found an oaktree above a picnic bench. I changed the sequence to have the final run segment on the beach before doing the pullups just because the oak tree was 5 minutes from the beach… By the way, kipping on a tree is quite an experience because you’re bound to hit your head on other branches especially trying to get really high up for the chest pullups…
All of this in pouring rain…
WOD
– 210m ocean swim (the ocean was awesome in the morning)
– 1700m beach run (pebbles / dirt)
– 100 hands free pushups (chest in pools of rain)
– 200 air squats (ouch!)
– 1700m beach run (pebbles / dirt)
– 50 pullup to chest (on a tree)
TIME: 47:45
What a fun experience!!! Too bad I can’t do handstand walk to replicate the skills 1 session of Day 1…
