Saturday, October 3, 2009

2nd Place and Proud of it...


Today we had our first Bayou City CrossFit In-House Competition. It was a great morning here in Houston. We all showed up, not really knowing what to expect, but all excited to see what was going to unfold. As we stand around and say our hellos Vic and Katie are writing the WOD on the board. I wouldn't look until it was complete. I was hoping for heavy, if I was going to have a chance I needed something heavy. WOD was announced:

5 Box Jump Burpees
15 Thrusters (65#)
5 Burpees
15 KB Swings (35# American)
4 rds
400m Run

For Time.

Alight it's out there. I know I'm not quick, so I have to push it, because there are other girls that can do this weight as well. 3 men, 3 women asRX up first. There are 4 women doing this workout asRX. In my head I'm thinking can I at least place. It's going to be close, I know. We all work out together; we know what we all got in our tanks.

In my heat it was Carla, Mattison and I. I knew I was going to have to come out strong. I needed to be one workout ahead at least because Carla was going to catch me on the run. I needed a head start for that run. I started in the back of the room, so that I was able to keep Mattison and Carla in my sight and see where they are during the workout. I'm leading through the first round, leading through the second round. Now comes round 3 and I see Carla getting closer and closer to me. 4th round she passes me on the last workout and she finishes the KB Swing one rep ahead of me and we are off on the run. Here I know it. I knew I needed to start the run before her and have some space. I don’t have that. Can't stop now though, at this point I don’t know how many ladies are going to do RX, so I still have to clock a good time. TIME... I'm done. Now just wait for the next heat. I never looked at my time. I didn't want to be watching the clock on the next heat. I wanted to cheer for them like they cheered for me and not be wondering how close they are getting to my time and if they were going to beat me or not.

Heats are over; time for the award ceremony. (Yes, there were awards, how awesome is that) I still haven’t looked at the board so I didn’t know if I was 2nd or 3rd. Katie calls my name, 2nd place, woo hoo I have placed in a competition event. I get to pick my award and I choose $25 Lululemon gift card. I'm excited. I don't know if I have placed in any individual competition since I was a child. This felt great.

Congratulations to everyone who came out and competed in today’s workout and special props to the podium placers: Men-Joe, Corbin and Travis (all within seconds of each other); Women-Carla, myself and Kate.

Thanks to all the Bayou City CrossFit Coaches this morning for putting this together and making us stick every rep. Y’all are the BEST!!

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