Man, what an awesome day yesterday at the PA/MD/DE CrossFit games sectionals. The event was hosted by CF KOP and put on by CF Apex. The WODs were brutal. Especially WOD #3.
Matt Smith gave everything he had yesterday, and placed 25th out of 128 male competitors, edging out some very good athletes in the process. It was an honor to compete with him yesterday.
Another notable finish yesterday was a friend of CFR, CFWC’s Jenny Butler. You might remember Jenny won the CF total meet here. Jenny is just amazing to watch, and has a real shot at Aromas in my opinion.
I managed a 10th place showing. Here is the breakdown from my online training journal on how I felt about the WODs:
A decent day today at sectionals. It was great to see so many familiar faces.
I managed a 10th place showing. Top 20 go to regionals. Definitely felt about 85% going into this. All I wanted to do is qualify for the regionals and get back to some solid training. Goal accomplished and time to get serious.
Here’s how it went:
WOD 1:
As many reps as possible in 3 minutes of:
Floor-to-Overhead (155/85lbs)
I finished 29 reps.
Definitely felt gassed on this one. Should have been able to bang out a few more.
WOD 2:
In 10 minutes as many reps as possible of:
500m Run
1-Arm Overhead Kettlebell Squats (35/26lbs)
Note: “Nicole” style scoring, put the kettlebell down at any point and run 200m.
I finished 165 reps.
I paced myself too much on this. I wanted to make sure I didn’t run after the requisite run, and I accomplished this, but was a little too conservative and rested too much. Had more to give.
WOD 3:
As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
(35/15lb vest worn throughout)
Row 1000m – This is only done once to start the heat.
Then:
20 Double-unders
15 Wall Balls (20/14lbs)
10 Ring Push-ups
5 Pull-ups
I finished 4 rounds +20 DUs, +6 wallballs for a total of 226.
This is the only performance I felt like I gave my all on. It was a very tough one. I was doing almost all singles on the wallballs. They might as well have been 500lb Deadlifts. Just brutal.