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Robert Hartley, CrossFit Owner in Kentucky, Finishes 31 Hero WODs in 31 Hours

Robert Hartley wanted to bring attention to the Fallen Troopers of the Kentucky State Police.

Robert Hartley, Box owner of CrossFit Inevitable in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, completed on September 12th 31 Hero WODs in 31 hours to bring attention to the state’s Fallen Troopers.

Hartley is himself a Kentucky state trooper and he wanted to pay tribute to the 31 Fallen Troopers of the Kentucky State Police. According to him, the agency created one hero WOD for each of the heroes from Kentucky who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

The 31 Hero WODs are completed by each cadet of the agency while in the academy over a 6-month period. “I wanted to complete them all within 31 hours,” Robert Hartley wrote.

Robert Hartley Completes 31 Hero WODs in 31 Hours

Each workout was developed by Thin Gray Line CrossFit, the official CrossFit Affiliate of the Kentucky State Police Academy. They honour troopers who died in the line of duty and each has the name of the fallen comrade.

Robert Hartley began at 8:30 am on Monday, September 12th with the Hero WOD “Toll” and ended with “Cam” at 3:29 pm on September 13th, a minute before his cap.

“Never set a limit on yourself, and know that your mind will take you to places that seem impossible.”

Robert Hartley in His Own Words

For a while now I’ve felt that I needed to do something to push myself further than I ever have. I can’t explain why, but it’s been digging at me for quite some time. I needed to do something to prove to myself that we don’t have to set limits on ourselves. I needed to come up with something that when I told people about it, they would laugh or say, “that’s impossible,” which is exactly what they did. But the only people who know where the edge is are those that have went over it, and that’s what I wanted to do.

At the same time, I wanted this to be something important to me, not just something random. I wanted this to be bigger than just my own personal goals. A few months back, after many more months of brain storming, it eventually came to me. What if I could do something to bring attention to and honor the 31 Fallen Troopers of the @ky_state_police . How could I do that? I already knew that there were established @crossfit Hero Workouts created by the agency for each of the 31 Fallen Heros who paid the ultimate sacrifice. They are all completed by each cadet of the agency while in the academy over a 6 month period. I wanted to complete them all within 31 Hours.

Beginning at 0830 on Monday, September 12th, I kicked off this challenge that I have coined the #KY31HerosProject with the first workout. I would have 31 hours from then to complete all 31 Hero Workouts. I went to war with my mind, my body slowly broke down, and I went beyond exhaustion. Halfway in I was beginning to fall behind my planned pace, and didn’t think I would finish. With the help of my team of family, friends, gym community, and some coworkers around me, I somehow managed to complete the last and final workout at 1529 hours on Tuesday, September 13th (the EOW date for the last Trooper to be killed in the line of duty). I had 1 minute to spare.

Never set a limit on yourself, and know that your mind will take you to places that seem impossible. Most importantly, I hope I was able to honor 31 Fallen Heros and their families, and hope this will make some people want to take a moment to honor them as well.

There will be a short video in the months to come on the #KY31HerosProject

The 31 Hero WODs He Completed in 31 Hours

Toll

Four rounds for time:

  • 11 burpees
  • 121 single-unders
  • 14 air squats
  • 121 single-unders,
  • 48 sit-ups (butterfly)

Miller

24 rounds for time:

  • 141-meter sprint
  • 14 overhead walking lunges 

Huffman

27-minute AMRAP (as many rounds as possible):

  • Five bar muscle-ups
  • 19 dips
  • 53 jumping air squats
  • 299-meter run 

Bush

Buy-in: 28 burpees, then two rounds for time:

  • 10 V-up
  • 11 push-up
  • 374-meter run

Then, 28 burpee buy-out.

Tevis

Four rounds for time:

  • Five clean & jerks (80-pound sandbag)
  • 26 sit-ups
  • Five clean & jerks
  • 16 back squats (80 pounds sandbag)

Mobley

Four rounds for time:

  • Five thrusters (95 p0unds)
  • 28 lunges 
  • Five thrusters
  • 31 hand-release push-ups

Uzzle

600-meter run buy-in, then two rounds for time:

  • Five chest-to-bar pull-ups
  • 28 back rack lunges (95 pounds)
  • 19 HR push-ups
  • 64 air squats

600-meter run buy out.

Powell

Seven-minute AMRAP:

  • Eight burpees
  • 18 thrusters (45 pounds)

Brady

Four rounds for time:

  • 11 thrusters (95 pounds)
  • Nine power cleans 
  • 17 back squats

Barrett

No time cap, complete:

  • 35 deadlifts

Unbroken sets of five, increasing with every set; athlete’s score is total weight.

McNeely

Four rounds for time:

  • Two bear crawls — 100 feet
  • Nine front squats (115 pounds)
  • Seven push presses

Rest for three minutes, then follow with Hero WOD “Childs.”

Childs

Four rounds for time:

  • Four power cleans (115 pounds)
  • Eight thrusters (115 pounds)

Thurtell

15-minute AMRAP:

  • 393-meter run
  • Nine burpees
  • 29 back squats (95 pounds)

Ward

Four rounds of: five-minute AMRAPs with one minute rest for 23 minutes total:

  • Four push press (135 pounds)
  • 23 burpees
  • Seven sit-ups
  • Three bear crawls (32 feet)

Smith

24-minute AMRAP:

  • Four power cleans (95 pounds)
  • 26 back squats
  • 1973-meter run

Hutchinson

Six rounds:

  • Seven pull-ups
  • Seven push-ups
  • Five toes-to-bar

Then, four rounds:

  • Seven sumo deadlift high pull (95 pounds)
  • Seven dips
  • Five hollow rock

Then, two rounds:

  • Seven burpees
  • Seven thrusters (95 pounds)
  • Five strict pull-ups

McCoun

Nine rounds for time:

  • Six ring dips
  • Nine pull-ups

Then:

Two-mile run buy out.

Pickard

Two rounds for time:

  • 26 clapping push-ups
  • 26 sandbag walking lunges (80 pounds)
  • 26 sit-ups
  • 26 sandbag back squats
  • 26 burpees
  • 742-meter run

Martin

20-minute AMRAP:

  • 20 HRPU
  • 20 pull-ups
  • 20 dips
  • 20 toes-to-bar
  • 20 burpees
  • 20 air squats
  • 20 sit-ups
  • 20 sandbag lunges

Cunningham

Two rounds for time:

  • 24 back squats (95 pounds)
  • 24 lunges (95 pounds)
  • 24 push press (95 pounds)
  • 24 sit-ups
  • 24 burpees
  • 24 Supermans
  • 24 sit-ups
  • 24 push press (95 pounds)
  • 24 lunges (95 pounds)
  • 24 back squats (95 pounds)

Harris

Seven rounds for time:

  • Six bar-facing burpees
  • Eight empty-bar thrusters

Then, two-mile run buy out.

Clifton

Nine rounds for time:

  • Four front squats (70 pounds)
  • Seven back squats (70 pounds)
  • Five sandbag sit-ups (10 pounds)

Then, one-mile run buy out.

DP

12 rounds for time:

  • Six burpee tire broad jumps
  • Five tire flips

Buy out: two partner carries — 50 meters

Johnny

12 rounds for time:

  • Three sumo deadlift high pulls (95 pounds)
  • Six burpee tire flips 
  • Five tire jumps
  • 34-meter bear crawl

Adkins

Six rounds for time:

  • Nine burpees
  • Nine thrusters (95 pounds)
  • Six chest-to-bar pull-ups

JC

For time:

  • 800-meter run
  • Five squat cleans (95 pounds)
  • 50 double-unders
  • Five squat cleans (95 pounds)
  • 800-meter run
  • Five squat cleans (95 pounds)
  • 50 sit-ups
  • Five squat cleans (95 pounds)
  • 800-meter run

Leonard

Three rounds for time:

  • 250-meter sandbag carry (80 pounds)
  • 28 push-ups
  • 250-meter farmer’s carry (45-pound weight plate in each hand)
  • 28 sit-ups
  • 250-meter run
  • 28 burpees

Tribby

25 burpee buy-in, then 10 rounds for time:

  • Three pull-ups
  • Eight power cleans (95 pounds)
  • Seven front squats (95 pounds)

Then, 2.7-mile run buy out.

Chrisman

Three rounds for time:

  • Six push press (95 pounds)
  • 23 sit-ups
  • 15 burpee pull-ups
  • 800-meter run

Gibbs

For time:

  • 191-meter farmer’s carry (45-pound plate in each hand)
  • Five toes-to-bar
  • 10 overhead walking lunges on each leg (45 pounds)
  • 20 pull-ups
  • 30 burpees
  • 40 push-ups
  • 191-meter farmer’s carry (45-pound plate in each hand)
  • 40 push-ups
  • 30 burpees
  • 20 pull-ups
  • 10 overhead walking lunges on each leg (45 pounds)
  • Five toes-to-bar
  • 191-meter farmer’s carry (45-pound plate in each hand)

Cam

31-minute AMRAP:

  • Nine sandbag thrusters (95 pounds)
  • Five push-ups
  • Four pull-ups

100-meter sprint/run between rounds.

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