Memorial Day Murph
QIC: Van Gogh
Date: 05/28/2018
PAX: All interested
Memorial Day Murph
QIC: Van Gogh
Date: 05/28/2018
PAX: All interested
Launching from Leinbach Park @ 0800 after the Memorial Day convergence. A Murph is a 1 mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats, then another mile run. We’ll run over to Speas for the pull up bars there, and head back after the work is done. Sets can be split up, or PAX can do a fractional Murph. All are encouraged to simply do their best in honor of Memorial Day.
It’d be great to have a shovel flag present to carry with us. Expect music, lots of MC, all 3 Fs present, and plenty of pain. Hope to see you all there!
VG
For a little history, check out this great blog post. An excerpt is pasted below:
In case you’re unfamiliar, “Murph” is a classic CrossFit workout known as a Hero WOD. Hero WOD’s are made by CrossFit to honor the men and women that have fallen in the line of duty. This one is specifically to honor Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on June 28th, 2005, and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor. The movie “Lone Survivor” depicts his heroic actions and how he was killed.
This workout itself was Michael’s favorite workout to do, which at the time referred to it as “Body Armor”, hence the 20 lb vest or body armor as part of the workout prescription. So, every year, CrossFitters synonymously around the world pay special tribute to Lieutenant Murphy by joining together and suffering through this workout.
