Heavy lifting Cowboy Music and PT Prep

Today I started to really dig into my PT prep and started to run again.  The amazing thing is that without really running all that much recently I was able to knock out a mile at about a 7:20 pace.  My mile and a half time was just north of 11:30 so not to bad.  I have slacked on my running recently and honestly I miss it so it is time to get these running legs back in shape.  
The other day I had Country Music playing while I was doing some heavy lifting not really thinking about it when someone asked me if I could lift to country.  So today I was getting ready to lift and I started with the Eric Church Station on Pandora good music but then I started to think about it and I love some of the great new Country music however from now on when I lift heavy I will listen to Cowboy Music.  Difference is that today's Country music has changed a little nothing wrong with it but  real Cowboy Music is Christ Ledoux, Alabama and even Brooks good music.  The reason I have decided to start doing my heavy lifting to Cowboy music is two fold.  First the slower pace of the music helps to keep your breathing in check and pace yourself for those really heavy lifts.   Second I think part of what is wrong with the world today is that so many people strive to be like all the famous people who can not keep their names out of the press.   Not enough kids are putting on cowboy boots and riding around the back yard on broom stick ponies.  So as I am training to get better I will keep myself grounded with Cowboy music, however when I get into a nasty Metcon Gangster Rap and kill music will be played with pride.  Enough about that todays wod:

Warm Up 
1.5 mile run
40 Kettle Bell Swings
50 Shoulder 2 Shoulder sand bag passes

WOD
- Hang Squat Clean:
Warming up to a heavy three.  Then I did a 4 minute EMOM of 3 Squat Cleans at 160.  I was going to work through ten minutes but my for arms were killing me today.
- Push Press
Warming up to a heavy three then 10 Min EMOM of 3 Push Press at 150 and 3 Chin Ups

-Metcon

15 Minutes Amrap 
2 Sand Bag Get Ups
4 Burpee Pull Ups
6 Dips
8 Sit Ups 
10 Air Squats 

Completed Five rounds 

Cool down with 50 Double Unders 

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