Comments on: Full Mission Profile – Razor’s Edge

By: Andrea B.

Andrea B. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:35:12 +0000

Unfortunately, time is limited for my workouts, and I don’t get to do my puppy carry with 8 inches of snow on the road. But, I am able to keep up with a 30 minute run about 5 to 6 days a week, and at least a general workout, with emphasis on arms.

By: GMT

GMT — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:08:37 +0000

The intel was a little off, but the mission was a success. The intel didn’t indicate that the “jungle airfield” was located near Bogota, meaning the operation was to be executed at an altitude of between 8600-8800′ above sea level. But mission accomplished:

1) the trucks were driven by locals who were scared and dropped off 1.2k from the initial insertion point. Rucksack humped it to the original coordinates with 46# of gear (26# vest and 20# ruck) – 13:11 min before mission clock started
2) commenced with 5K rucksack run (5K instead of 3 miles because some terrain features required a workaround) – 30:04
3) Dropped the ruck, but kept the vest on through the 8 rounds of 400m/20 squats. – 48:42
4) 10 minutes pause in activities – 58:42
5) AAO – Initiated Alpha (I do PUs and KB swings too often, though Clapping Burpees and Tuck Jumps offered a good change) with weight vest – 14:35
6) Extraction – again intel was off so stuffed weight vest into the ruck and took a shortcut that totalled 1.6k – 13:13
Total mission time – 1:26:32 (including 10 min rest)

My iPod helped out – Welcome to the Jungle came on 1 min before starting AAO Alpha, and Kryptonite came on in the last 400m during Extraction which gave me a burst of energy to finish hard. That was a real ass kicker!

By: Wes B

Wes B — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:19:36 +0000

Me and degan did this work out. my time was 56:27 degans was 58:35.
On my burpees i didnt lift my arms up when i jumped. didnt think it was that big of a deal degan called u just to check.
thanks for the long run it was good my time was faster cuz i ran little faster and the new guy showed up right at the end of our frist 3 mile run. he joined it so there were 3 of us doing this FMP all at once.

By: MOM

MOM — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:57:33 +0000

Maybe you should try doing this workout in Wisconsin…negative twenty with the windchill yesterday.

By: Coach

Coach — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:53:24 +0000

Had a great FMP with about 10 of my Pre-SOF guys today. They did a great job of pushing through the hard spots and of course they had me to deal with too.

Fastest time was 1:22:39. Good job Junkyard.

Personally I froze my butt off. Portland is TOO COLD!

By: evan h

evan h — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:57:33 +0000

coach,

this was a good leg workout i ran on the river trail and then went to the “y” to do bravo couldnt time myself but it took a while to finish. i didnt have time to workout, run, or swim this week so i will stay on phase 2 untill you come down to redding next month

By: Patrick K

Patrick K — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:09:46 +0000

Coach,

I wish I was doing this workout in colombia but instead I got to do it in the snow and ice. I couldn’t find a sandbag for the extraction and all I could find for weight was some shotgun buck shot. anyway my pack ended up being 48lbs and I used if for insertion and extraction. My insertion took me just under 30 min. I started off a little fast my first mile was about 9 then slowed down to 10 min miles. I did this workout on the track so there was no pullup bar around so I did Alpha. I finished the workout at about an hour and 12 min and the extraction took me 21 min. So I finished the entire workout an hour and 33 min. That hurt. By the end of the extraction my legs were gone. Good workout coach.

By: Coach

Coach — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:59:25 +0000

Great question GMT. Pick one and do it. Or if you do it at your gym IN BOGOTA, have one fire team do Alpha and one do Bravo. You’ve got some pipe hitters down there, don’t you?

By: GMT

GMT — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:44:07 +0000

Coach, seeing as this all takes place in my new country, I figure I’ve got no choice but to proceed with the mission. Quick question – are we supposed to do both Alpha and Bravo or just one? I figured you couldn’t be in two places at once, but you never know – CrossFitters can do some incredible things!