Better debate.

I found a really good podcast today, with CFE Founder Brian MacKenzie as the guest. And the host, and apparently really popular author, is the exact opposite of CFE: a vegan training with long slow distance (LSD) for ultra marathons. They're like Merrill and I, only cooler, smarter and more laid back.

There is also a lot of ego, which is awesome. MacKenzie believes he could make Ryan Hall - the fastest American-born marathoner in history - a better runner. But at the same time, no one "wins" the conversation, so where's the fun in that?

They essentially agree to disagree, but it is a great discussion on how CFE could work and why it might not.

Highly recommend a listen.

Meantime, I took an extra day off yesterday as some virus was working its way through our family. I got a touch of it Monday night. Came back today with a two-a-day. Groin bothering me, but the pain faded after the first 200M of my 400 of the CFE WOD, not sure if it was because I was finally warmed up or everything else was in so much pain I forgot about it.


CrossFit mainsite WOD: 5x5 backsquat
mywrite: 5*(165, 185, 195, 205, 185) = 4675 (PR)
I was really pleased with this initially, because I almost bailed in warmups with the sore groin, and I thought I was doing 20 pounds heavier each set than what I was actually doing (i.e. I thought I peaked at 225, not 205). Except I did this in the early a.m. before coffee and realized as I was driving the kids to the 'sitter what I'd done. Shit. Sports is 80 percent mental, right, so should I count it as 225?
I still got the overall PR somehow and it seems like it's been awhile since I've been under the bar.

CFE short intervals: 400m TT, recover 2:00, then repeat 200m recover 1:30, until form/pace deteriorates.
mywrite: 400M: 1:17.
200M repeats: 6 repeats. 41 seconds for the first three, 40 seconds for the final 3. I probably should've shot for two more since form seemed to be holding, but I was feeling absolutely fried and needed to function the remainder of the day. I considered walking inside after the 400, it was crushing (and it was 15 degrees outside). But this is my second fastest 400 in the last four years (PR is 1:09), so that's a plus.