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This British Tribute WOD is dedicated to all the RLC EOD operators who expended their 9 lives and paid the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. Among them they defused 100’s of explosive devices, saving countless lives. Gaz O’Donnel G.M., Dan Shepherd G.C., Oz Schmid G.C., Dan Read Q.G.M., Brett Linley G.M., Lisa Head. The RLC EOD left Afghanistan on the 26 October 2014.
Felix is the unofficial mascot of British Army counter-terrorism bomb disposal. Cats have always been associated with luck, possibly due to their ‘righting reflex’ – an innate ability to always land on their feet. Felix (Latin for ‘happy’ or ‘lucky’) was the name given to the popular cartoon cat created by Otto Messmer in early 1900s America. He was a cheerful, thoughtful character who never failed to survive mayhem unscathed. These are traits much coveted by bomb disposal personnel and many bomb squads worldwide adopted Messmer’s ‘Felix the Cat’ as their symbol. There have even been some conventional munitions named after him.
Conditioning:
Hero WOD
“Felix the cat”
9 Burpees
9 Box jumps (24/20″)
9 Pull-ups
9 Thrusters (85/53)
9 Toes-2-bar
6 rounds for time*
*If you have a vest (20/14), wear it.
Compare to Monday, 12 August 2019
Post results and experiences to comments
23:57 rx w/vest
Completed 4 rounds
2 vested
2 scaled
That’s all I had in me this morning. Still was a great WOD.
Working on getting my lungs back post comp.
18:34 Rx with 14# vest
A 15 second PR! Didn’t beat Coach’s old time by 2 seconds though! Next time. Ha!
I am working on starting WODs a bit faster. Well I did that here. Then crashed and burned haha! First three rounds in 7 minutes lol. I’m happy with this training though! Working on not fearing failure. ❤️
NTFS don’t tighten your vest up so much next time. I tightened it extra for the box jumps but oh my gosh I couldn’t breathe! 🙂
34:25 Rx with 20# vest
I just moved today.
39:30 mod
30# thruster
jumped 45# weight for box jumps
ring rolls
then sit up
had to go from 9 reps to 5 reps in round 3
it was really hard. thought I was dieing. lol. My girls helped me get it done and Wade!
24:27 Rx but no vest
Did all PUs unbroken and all but the last round of TTB unbroken – really proud of that!
But to go unbroken took long breaks before jumping up for both
21:14 Heavily modified
12″ box jumps
Banded plu’s
33# thrusters (felt great and also how were these my favorite part?)
Knee raises