PR: 10-km Row

On Saturday, I recorded what I believe to be a PR on the 10-km row on the Concept II rower. My 10k rows are usually not too hurried; after the short, intense CrossFit workouts I normally, do, I treat the 10k as a relaxing bit of light exercise. (5-km rows are a different matter.) I aim for under 49 minutes, which I can hit without working too hard. Sometimes, if I'm feeling energetic, I'll hit times around 48 minutes. Saturday, I covered the imaginary distance in 46:48.4, which isn't bad. Sadly, I guess this means I'll actually have to try hard next time.

Tools on Parade

This weekend, I used the following tools:

• Air compressor and tank.
• Pneumatic impact wrench.
• Pneumatic brad nailer.
• Miter saw.
• Table saw.
• Two taper jigs for the table saw, one homemade.
• Two electric drills.
• Various ratchets, wrenches, ratcheting wrenches, sockets, extensions, and so on.
• A hammer or two and a couple of screwdrivers.
• Two paintbrushes.

I believe I've explored the word of tools pretty well in the last couple of days.

PR: Lynne

Yesterday, I set a new PR for the workout known as Lynne: 194 reps total. I owe the substantial improvement---25 reps---to the strategy Even suggested.

MGM Reborn

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has completed restructuring and emerged from bankruptcy. Let us hope that Cabin in the Woods will see the light of day---or of a movie screen---sometime soon.

Soul Stiss

Happy winter solstice everyone. The days just get longer from here.

PR: Weighted Ring Dip

My dislocated finger didn't stop me from setting a new personal record for a single weighted ring dip on Friday: 78 pounds. I think the low eighties is do-able, since I was fatigued from the day's workout before putting up that number, but I think T's 100 pounds is out of reach.

PR: Pull-Ups

On Tuesday I managed a new personal record for consecutive pull-ups: 46. That's good enough for second place, all-time, at CrossFit Diesel. When I went for number 47, my grip failed. Many of you regular readers already know what happened after that.

PR: Annie

Today I set a PR for the workout known as Annie. My new time, 8:36, was much faster than my previous best, 14:02. Most of that saved time came from improved skill at double-unders. Once I master them, I should be doing this WOD in under 7 minutes.

PR: Clean and Jerk

On Monday, I set a new personal recored for the clean and jerk: 175 pounds. Strangely, 175 didn't feel that difficult, but I just couldn't manage 177.5. Oh well, I'll take a PR any day.

Book. Trailer. Huh?

Does anyone else find this trend of book trailers a little strange?