CrossFit I35 WOD 9/27/19 Murph

Options are: No vest, 1/2 Murph, or choose 2-4 teammates and do team Murph. Pull-ups and push can also be scaled or modified. In other words, there will be a version of this workout that is appropriate for your personal fitness level.

The gym will open at 8:30 am with the wod starting at 9:00 rain or shine. (Yes rain or shine. Anyone remember the first Murph at CrossFit I35?)

Bring friends and family. You and your friends and family don’t need to do the workout to participate, enjoy the morning, and pay tribute to our fallen heroes. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Murph is more than just a workout. It is an event that helps push us, humble us, and dedicate a bit of pain and sweat for those who have given so much! Are YOU up for the Challenge?

You don’t have to be a member of CrossFit I35 to participate, and you are welcome to perform any scaled or modified version of the workout that suits your current fitness level.

We’re also planning on cooking pancakes after the workout. We will provide batter, butter, and syrup. If anyone wants to bring fruit sausage or any other breakfast meat we can heat it up or cook it on the spot.
Here’s Lt. Murphy’s official citation signed by then President George Bush.

FOR SERVICE AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING

CITATION:

FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND INTREPIDITY AT THE RISK OF HIS LIFE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY AS THE LEADER OF A SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT WITH NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE TASK UNIT AFGHANISTAN ON 27 AND 28 JUNE 2005. WHILE LEADING A MISSION TO LOCATE A HIGH-LEVEL ANTI-COALITION MILITIA LEADER, LIEUTENANT MURPHY DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN THE FACE OF GRAVE DANGER IN THE VICINITY OF ASADABAD, KONAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. ON 28 JUNE 2005, OPERATING IN AN EXTREMELY RUGGED ENEMY-CONTROLLED AREA, LIEUTENANT MURPHY’S TEAM WAS DISCOVERED BY ANTI-COALITION MILITIA SYMPATHIZERS, WHO REVEALED THEIR POSITION TO TALIBAN FIGHTERS. AS A RESULT, BETWEEN 30 AND 40 ENEMY FIGHTERS BESIEGED HIS FOUR-MEMBER TEAM. DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL RESOLVE, LIEUTENANT MURPHY VALIANTLY LED HIS MEN IN ENGAGING THE LARGE ENEMY FORCE. THE ENSUING FIERCE FIREFIGHT RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ENEMY CASUALTIES, AS WELL AS THE WOUNDING OF ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF THE TEAM. IGNORING HIS OWN WOUNDS AND DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL COMPOSURE, LIEUTENANT MURPHY CONTINUED TO LEAD AND ENCOURAGE HIS MEN. WHEN THE PRIMARY COMMUNICATOR FELL MORTALLY WOUNDED, LIEUTENANT MURPHY REPEATEDLY ATTEMPTED TO CALL FOR ASSISTANCE FOR HIS BELEAGUERED TEAMMATES. REALIZING THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF COMMUNICATING IN THE EXTREME TERRAIN, AND IN THE FACE OF ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH, HE FOUGHT HIS WAY INTO OPEN TERRAIN TO GAIN A BETTER POSITION TO TRANSMIT A CALL. THIS DELIBERATE, HEROIC ACT DEPRIVED HIM OF COVER, EXPOSING HIM TO DIRECT ENEMY FIRE. FINALLY ACHIEVING CONTACT WITH HIS HEADQUARTERS, LIEUTENANT MURPHY MAINTAINED HIS EXPOSED POSITION WHILE HE PROVIDED HIS LOCATION AND REQUESTED IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR HIS TEAM. IN HIS FINAL ACT OF BRAVERY, HE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE THE ENEMY UNTIL HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED, GALLANTLY GIVING HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. BY HIS SELFLESS LEADERSHIP, COURAGEOUS ACTIONS, AND EXTRAORDINARY DEVOTION TO DUTY, LIEUTENANT MURPHY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

SIGNED GEORGE W. BUSH

So please bring a friend and take a moment to reflect and give prayers of thanks for Lieutenant Murphy and others like him as you embark on this classic CrossFit Hero WOD

Murph

For time:

Run 1 mi
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Air Squats
Run 1 mi
All the above in a 20lb vest or body armor.

Options are: No vest, 1/2 Murph, or choose 2-4 teammates and do team Murph. If necessary pull-ups can be scaled to ring rows. In other words, there will be a version of this workout that is appropriate for your personal fitness level.

Remember the 9:00 am Murph is the only workout on Memorial Day 29 May.

Please bring all of your friends and family to this extraordinary event.

Scott and Cynthia Lofquist

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