July 11, 2009

RMS! Remember- the WOD is at 1030 am tomorrow! This is a pic of part of Kim's hill run tomorrow...
5050- 88-88-88
WOW! What a day! I was so proud I shed a tear, literally :)
First up were Aaron, Efren, Deeanna, and Sarah on the OH squat/pullup WOD. Sarah squatted WAY more weight than we thought she would with her shoulder limitations, while Deeanna and Aaron killed the pullups, and Efren squatted above his previous max!
Next, Deeanna, Storm, Sarah, and Aaron did the Stadium WOD- 30 wallballs each, followed by 300 m row, 30 KB swings, 30 dumbbell push presses, 30 box jumps, followed by 30 deadlifts each (135W, 225M). Sarah and Storm KILLED the deadlifts and wallballs, while Aaron made the 2 pood KB look like it was a child's toy. Deeanna sailed through the push presses and swings, despite her shoulder starting to feel like it was on fire :P We scaled this WOD (in as much as Deeanna didn't do the past the 10 ft mark as required), so we got majorly dinged in the scoring department, but: we finished with integrity by NOT scaling the remainder of the WOD, though we could have. Once a team "scaled" in theory they could do half of everything (or less) and still have the same score. Not us, no way!!!
Finally, a brutal relay run by Deeanna, Sarah, Efren, and Storm! Deeanna ran the first lap and (like a champ) iced her poor tired knees while Sarah, Efren, and Storm ran like bunny rabbits. You guys aren't going to believe how steep that hill was when you see the footage I took! They ran the last lap in together, pushing and encouraging each other.
We also have an incredible cheering crowd up here- Monica, Garth, Alec, Jay, Jeff, Kim, Mustafa, Matt, Mike, Alan, Stephanie, Adrianna, and Jesse all drove up to support (and in Kim's case, compete!).
We may not have done as well as some other boxes, but the fact that we are here as such a young gym is an amazing accomplishment. I had a very nice talk with Coach Greg Glassman (you know, the creator of Crossfit?- Oh yeah, I was rubbing elbows with the VIPs;) and he was definitely impressed. This year sets the bar for next year, and teaches us how hard we have to work together to accomplish the goals we set. We learned what we have to work on (overhead squats and wall balls!) and what our strengths are (community, push presses, and kettlebell swings), among other things. I know I'll be back at the gym on Monday inspired and invigorated to start working both as a trainer and a Crossfitter (though, admittedly, in my case, my ability to Crossfit is limited- at least for the next couple of months!). Who wants to compete next year???
Best Crossfit T-shirt slogan of the day: "If Crossfit was easy, it'd be your mom". LOL.