13.5 was deceivingly short and simple looking. “It’s only 4 minutes” was a very common phrase around the gym this week, 4 minutes of hell. Most people agreed that these were some of the worst 4 minutes they had ever done in the gym. I saw a lot of people really push themselves this week. Many people didn’t think they could get chest to bar, and ended up getting multiple reps!

My strategy was simple, go unbroken the first round, then do an 8-7 rep scheme. During the 8-7 rep sets on the thrusters my plan was to rest in the overhead position if possible, and if not then the rack position. Unfortunately I was still getting over my cold/flu, and my lungs were still wheazy and filled with crap. I got gassed very quickly, and was unable to keep any sort of decent pace through the second round. I dropped the bar on the thrusters twice, and took too much rest. I ended up with 50 reps. I considered doing the wod a second time, but I decided that I was too sore and probably would not do much better the second time around. I’m happy with my score.