I still hate wallballs

Well, after 2 attempts at 16.4, I think I am done (I will probably be tempted to redo it one more time tomorrow, but right now it feels like a horrible idea).

Both attempts went more or less according to plan. On Saturday I started out by taking it easy on the deadlifts. I was done slightly earlier than expected (3.17 rather than 3.30) and felt fairly good. Wall balls went slightly worse than expected. I had I think 6 noreps, all of them due to missing the wall. All of my wallballs were also way above the line so I was wasting a lot of effort all the time. It took me another 5 minutes. Rowing went great and I was done with it at 11:36 which gave me around 20 more seconds for HSPU than expected. HSPU is not one of my strengths so I was really happy with 6.

Since my original plan was working and my back was feeling no repercussions of Saturday's deadlifts I decided to redo the workout on Sunday. This time I went faster on the deadlifts and was done by 2.57, but much more tired than the previous time. Wallballs sucked as they always do and I norepped more than I normally do (missing the wall again), but due to pacing from my judge I still finished wallballs faster than the first time(4:43). When I started rowing I realized I had absolutely no strength left so I tried not to go too fast and just get through it. I t took me 16 seconds longer than the first time, but I was still ahead of my previous pace by 20 seconds which enabled me to do 3 hspus extra.

So, what did I learn?

• I am good at deadlifting, even when it's a moderate weight and high reps. Most people who did the wod around same time, even some that are normally much better than me at everything else, had significantly slower times than me. 
• I really really suck at wallballs. I think I had by far the slowest wallball time. 
• I can row even when I am really tired
• HSPU are doable even at the end of a hard workout and when done toa fairly high standard.

Since wallballs have been my bane for a while now, I think it's time to do some work there. I should probably start with actually hitting the wall every time and then making sure I don't throw too high. Yet another thing on my todo list for after the open.

Systembolaget released new beers on Friday and yours truly had to perform the hard work of tasting some of them. 

Sierra Nevada's Beer Camp is one of their seasonal beers with different versions delivered every year. This time they decided to go for something much tamer than what I would normally expect from them and while there is nothing exactly wrong with the beer and I might even recommend it to a beginner, there is nothing cool or special either.

I rarely buy English beer since they generally try to stay traditional and I prefer experimenters, but this one caught my eye. Old Freddy Walker is an Ale that in my opinion is very close to a porter with a lot of toffee and coffee taste. Overall an interesting and fun beer.

The purpose of Grapefruit is a fruity IPA that I previously tried on tap. My evaluation hasn't really changed. While I applaud the effort, it's still too much of a fruit beer for my taste.

Handshake is a collaboration between 2 great breweries, All-In and West coast. Despite both breweries featuring a hop cone in their logos this beer is fairly low on hops which is understandable given that it's an Imperial Stout. I happen to enjoy that style of beer with it's sweet tastes and this one is no exception with it's strong coconutty taste.