Death by Pull-ups (A Botched Attempt Anyways)

Ok…so I found a park with a pull-up bar…thought I could do a “Death by Pull-ups” WOD because I was having some pull-up withdrawls. Just as I was about to jump up on the bar for the first minute, it starts to rain. So…I grabbed a towel and my chalk (like that was going to do any good) and decided to proceed as planned. (side note the bar was not only wet now, it was also about 2-3” in diameter…not sure exactly what the diameter was, but I could not wrap my fingers around it so that I could touch my thumb.)


So…I draped the towel lengthwise over the bar to keep the rain off best I could. I would pull the towel off with 1-2 seconds left and then jump on the bar as the timer went off. Rounds 1-10 were pretty good. I felt strong on the pull-ups, doing all reps C2B in an attempt to get better at this, coming off the bar with 40-45 seconds to spare. Round 11 hits hits and I feel a familiar pain in the middle of my left palm. Being the stubborn mule that I am I decide to continue and on round 12 I come off the bar after completing my 12th C2B pull-up to find a bloody palm with a freshly torn callous. At is point I had about 40 seconds until I had to get back on the bar for 13 more PUs. I made the decision to cash it in and quit while I still had some flesh on my palm. This decision was by far more painful than the torn callous. It is the first time I have not finished a WOD due to a torn callous. Maybe I am too deep into vacation mode or something…I don’t know. I definitely feel left wanting after that botched attempt of a WOD.


Oh…and I am about 99% sure I did round 5 twice. I got distracted when my 16 month old little girl came running under my feet.


I did cash-out with 21 more C2B PUs broken based on how my hand felt (7-8 at a time) and 10 L-Pull-up Negatives.