What an absolutely phenomenal day!! Between an extremely well-organized event, fun workouts and a badass team of awesome people, this was by far my best competition experience to date. It didn't hurt that we kicked some serious ass against a strong field with some Regionals teams. Everyone turned in stellar performances and our communication and strategy throughout the day was on point. This is a team that I am so, so proud to be part of. We ended up in 14th place of 36!
We split this 5x1200m + 2000m (lucky Wolf).
1200m in 4:52.2
Held 2:03-2:05 until 200m, then down to 1:44.
We walked into this completely cold, but I actually felt excellent throughout the whole row. Never went above 2:05. Could have started sprinting at least 50m earlier, if not 100m earlier. Very happy with this personally, although we didn't do very well comparatively as a team (8k in 30:12, the best times were 27ish).
Event 2: team total (combined male/female scores: 3rd on snatch, 10th on jerk, 19th on clean)
Chels snatched (145), Demi cleaned (195) and I jerked (195); Wolf snatched (225), Pat cleaned (255), Jeff jerked (285).
We did really well here, which was awesome because we (at least the girls) were pretty nervous. We all hit our opening weights, no prob. I hit 175 easy, lowered it to the front rack, had Chels and Demi add 10lbs, and got 185. Then waited a minute while the others lifted and got 195, waited another minute and failed 205. I could tell while I was holding the bar and they were adding weight that 205 was gonna feel heavy and I never really committed to it. Super pleased to hit 195 though!! Also, we were the only team to power clean a light weight and have the teammates add weight while the bar was racked. Smart move on our part, and we impressed our judge.
Floater Stations:
2:00 AMRAP of wallballs, 30/20 to 10/8
Wolf and Demi got 116 (7th)
2:00 AMRAP of slam balls, 50/35
Jeff and Demi got 95 (16th)
2:00 AMRAP of sandbag squat cleans, 100/60
Jeff and Chels got 50 (14th)
2:00 AMRAP of double unders
Pat and Chels got 411 (9th)
2:00 AMRAP of axle S2O, 115/75
45 for me, 54 for Wolf (15th)
(Did this immediately after the total)
Opened with 20 (fast tng), then 10, then smaller sets. This got hard, split jerked a few at the end and hung out with the axle in the front rack a little too much in the last 0:30. Would have been better off dumping, taking a breath, and hitting another set of faster tng reps.
2:00 AMRAP of medball over the shoulder, 100/75
33 for me, 33 for Pat (10th)
(Did this between events 3 and 4)
This was a lot of fun - all those stones over the summer paid off. Just kept a steady pace throughout, never stopped or slowed down. Not sure I could do much better than this...
Event 3: like a girl I used to know (16th)
Pat and Chels did Karen
Demi and I did Grace
Wolf and Jeff did Isabel
For Grace, our plan was to start with sets of 5, which lasted through 30, then we alternated 3s. Bar felt super heavy, but speed never really slowed down. We communicated well and this is another one I'm proud of.
Event 4: chipper (19th)
I feel like a dick for not really participating in this event. I did one set of 20 burpees AFAP and one set of 15 toes to bar. Was prepared to do another set of toes to bar, but Wolf closed out the 100 in a huge set. Our communication and strategy and transitions were all on point, we just weren't fast enough, even though we subbed out as soon as cycle time started to slow. Got through 99 hspus.
Event 5: cou-pull-lets (9th)
Wolf and Demi did thrusters
Jeff and Chels did deadlifts
Pat and I did cleans
This event was AWESOME. It was really hard, especially at the end of a long day, but we all pulled out awesome performances. Pat and I got to the rig with just over 3:00 left on the clock. I butterflied about 10-12 pullups (2 sets) then switched to regular kip and smaller sets with minimal rest. Pat and I did 21 synchronized cleans (quick singles) then we each hit 8 more pullups before time ran out. Only 3 teams finished the cleans; many didn't even get to their third pair of athletes. Really proud of matching Pat rep for rep.
I can't wait to get this gang together for another competition! And I would highly recommend events by this Lex Artis group, they have their shit together and put on a great event.
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| Staked out a sweet spot for the day |
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| Hanging out with my best bud |
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| Best photo of the day |
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| These guys. The best team! |
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