This past weekend I went to go watch my friends Kate and Chris (also the owner of my box) compete in the Beast of the East Competition in Durham, CT. This was the first competition I would ever be watching, besides the games on ESPN, and I was so excited. At the same time, I had no idea what to expect out of the atmosphere, the other athletes and how well my friends would perform.
Overall, it was amazing.
Kate placed 4th and Chris 5th. They showed me (and I'm sure everyone else in there) what true heart is. The two of them battled to make it into the final workout and finished strong. After 6 workouts, I have no idea how they had the strength to even lift a barbell. Their bodies were tired, muscles and joints exhausted, but they took themselves to the next level and put their heart into one of the hardest WODs I had ever seen done. I saw pain on their faces, but they kept going, right until the very last second. Truly inspiring.
Not only was it amazing to see athletes I know compete, but to see the limits that other athletes also push themselves to was incredible. Small (looking) girls lifting 200+ lbs overhead, men doing muscle ups like they do them in their sleep and teams strategizing so well to play on all of their strengths to finish each WOD.
I came back to my box yesterday inspired, motivated and ready to work.
So thanks Crossfit, thanks Kate and Chris and thanks to all those athletes for pushing, inspiring and just being bad ass.
Back to logging my WODS:
Monday
Find Heavy Bench press (hurt my shoulder :/ )
95#
WOD: AMRAP 12
50 cal row
50 deadlifts 115#
50 Box Jumps 24"
50 cal row
got to 29 cal on the second row.
DEAD.
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