Rugby 100531 Gilfach Goch, Wales

On Memorial Day we played an Old Boys friendly against Gilfach Goch, a Welsh touring side. The weather was warm -- 90 degrees at kick off -- and sunny so the boys from Wales did not fare well. We jumped on them early, scoring 3 tries within about 10 minutes. I scored on a 50m try from the wing. In the second half a few of us played for Gilfach and that was fun as well. I flanked and missed a drop goal.

Overall, I did not play well, but I felt very fit and fast and I didn't get hurt. I selfishly pulled up for a drop goal when I could have run in for a try but oh well. There's another old boys match this Wednesday I'd love to play but I have the kids.

CC WOD 100528 -- GHD, DL, squat

This one wasn't too bad. An equipment bottleneck kept everyone at pretty much the same pace.

Happy to see solid hammy work.

AMRAP in 12 minutes of:

• 5 dead lifts (225)
• 10 GHD sit ups
• 15 squats

7 rounds as rxd.

Rugby 100528

Mostly coached, but ran 14 minutes of sprints with the team at the end.

Coaching is new and different for me. I had the seconds.

I felt like they didn't respond to me until I projected some intensity.

But I saw a big improvement in their intensity and concentration from where they started at the beginning of practice to where they finished at the end.

CC WOD 100526 PUs, run, DB jerk, box jump

We worked weighted pull ups today. I wore a 55 lbs vest.

5 rounds of:

• 3 weighted pull ups

I did a 6th round with 5 reps as well.

Then we had a short smoker. My legs were heavy from running last night.

In 15 minutes:

• 400m run
• 21 DB jerk, 2 x 55lb DBs
• 21 box jump, 26"
• 400m run
• 15 DB jerk, 2 x 55 lbs
• 15 box jumps
• 400m run
• 9 DB jerk, 2 x 55 lbs
• 9 box jumps

I finished in 13:09, which was the best time on the board at the Rxd weight.

Rugby 100525

Last night I went out to the Huns 7s practice. We played touch and drilled for about 2 hours and finished with loads of 22m, 50,m, and 110m sprints. My dogs are barking, but my wind felt good.

I'm going to help out coaching this summer. The Huns have a bunch of young men from UT and Texas State out running around. These are the guys I want to work with, not old know-it-alls like myself. Plus, I will learn heaps from Ty and Dallen.

CC WOD 100524

21-18-15-12-9-6-3 reps of:

• thrusters (95 lbs)
• straight leg dead lift (95 lbs)

I finished 1st in my class at 12:35.

I did a few close grip pull ups and chins after class.

track work 100522

• boyle linear and lateral speed progressions
• 10 x 100m strides
• 10 x 20 yd shuttle runs