"I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known. "

- Emil Zatopek

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In 1952 Emil Zatopek achieved the impossible. At the Helsinki Olympic Games he won the 5,000 meters, the 10,000 meters and the Marathon, setting an Olympic record in each event. Never before or since has an athlete approached his epic performance!

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We held a .5 mile time trial today

Jack 2:26
Mike 2:30
Rob 2:36
Leslie 2:37
Vivek 2:48
Steven 2:49
Karen 2:59
Matt 3:00
Terence 3:09
Jud 3:10
James 3:14
Dave 3:19
Adrienne 3:21
Elise 3:37
Julie 3:42
Sarah 3:51
Cara 4:09
Noelle 4:15
Andrea T 4:18
Gar 4:25
Che 4:45

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Then went straight to a simple yet demanding circuit:

10 rounds for time or 20 minutes, whatever comes first

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5 Chins

10 Burpees

20 Situps

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Mike 17:34
Jack 17:49
Vivek 19:06

Adrienne 19:36

Leslie 19:45

Steven 19:59
Rob 9.33
Elise 8.33

Matt 8
Karen 7
Sarah 7

Jud 7
Terence 6.33

James 6
Dave 3.66
Noelle 10 scaled
Che 8.66 scaled
Cara 8 scaled

Julie 7 scaled

Andrea T 6.66 scaled

Gar 4.33 scaled

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Finished with a staggered start .5 mile race!

Start time was based on previous run

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Andrea T -:15
Noelle -:09
Matt -:06
Julie -:04
Adrienne -:02
Che -:01
Elise -0
Sarah +:04
Jack +:04
Mike +:08
Karen +:11
Leslie +:13
James +:13
Rob +:14
Gar +:15
Steven +:16
Terence +:16
Vivek +:17
Dave +:21
Jud +:33