Sunday, March 29, 2009

100 Burpee Challenge

I came across this on one of the crossfit sites I follow: The 100 Burpee Challenge. It's simple. Start a timer and see how long it takes to do 100 burpees. I tried it for the first time two weeks ago and was a bit disappointed to finish in just under 10 minutes. Today I did it in 8:40. That's good enough for a top 50 time on Sherdog. But I know I can do better. I think I am putting form over speed. I'll try this weekly, and once it gets easier I'll move up to a 150 and eventually a 200 burpee challenge to simulate the stress of a fast 5k.

The first quarter of 2009 is almost gone. What about those goals? I really need to start working on those pullups. With Catawba behind me, it's also time to focus on the 5k training.

Run hard out there.

2 comments:

Jen said...

Have you heard of the 100 day burpee challenge? You start with 1 burpee on day 1, 2 burpees on day 2.. and build up to 100 burpees on day 100. Looks like you'd rather skip days 1-99 ;)

Neal Jamison said...

Yeah, the early weeks of the 100 Day Burpee challenge seem like a waste to me. And the last few weeks would be tough. If you did that, you sure would be good at burpees by the end of the 100th day.