WOD 4/11/11

5 rounds for time of:

400 meter run
20 wall ball shots, 20 lbs (12 lbs)
10 pullups

Work your weakness on the pullups. 

"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself."
- Christian Bovee

Competing

Do you want to know why we try to get FRCF members to compete in athletic events?  It doesn’t matter if it is CrossFit, kettlebells, Olympic Weightlifting, a running race, a bike race or a triathlon?

It’s because in a competition, you push yourself further than you are normally willing to go.  The act of competing isn’t important for just the best among us.  It is important for everyone at the gym.  Simply the act of signing up for a race focuses your training and gives you a goal.  Because when we are keeping score, and your score is going up on the Leader Board, it matters.

Just by your willingness to put yourself on the line, you are saying something very important about yourself.  It says you are not afraid to face the cold hard truth about your abilities. 

Do you want to know what was the best part of each and every race when I was doing Ironman Triathlons?  OK, finally arriving at the finish line was the best part.  But do you know what was a close second?  Standing at the finish line, long after I was done, watching the final hour of the race.  The Ironman has a cutoff of 17 hours.  You start at 7 AM and you have to finish the race by midnight.  Finish at 11:59:59 and you are an Ironman.  Finish at 12:00:00 and you aren’t.  It’s that simple. 

The biggest cheers of the night happen from about 11:00 PM till midnight.  The winners have been done for over 7 hours.  The athletes that are finishing now are walking across the finish line.  And they are in pain.  They have been in pain for as long as they can remember.  And the gigantic crowd is honoring their pain and their bravery for starting something titanic and finishing what they started. 

The biggest cheers aren’t for the winners, but for the last 100 or so finishers of the race.   The ones that are struggling to complete the task.

I saw some of that same spirit this weekend. 

I watched 98 lb Christina set a new max clean and jerk of 110 lbs and then do it six more times.  I saw Dre set a new PR of 85 lbs, then a PR of 95 lbs, then a PR of 105 lbs and finally saw her clean 110 lbs.  I watched Brigitte, Jenn, Alyson, Amaria, Jody and Becca hit their max lift, over and over and over again.  I saw 145 lb, 54-year-old Pete Mentz set a new PR of 165 lbs. 

None of those lifts would have happened if they hadn’t committed to compete.  It was the desire to see what they were capable of that forced them to do something great, to do something better than they ever had before.  I watched an entire gym full of people going crazy during the last minute of Sectional Workout 11.3.  It didn’t matter if it was the athlete’s 40th rep or 1st.

We want you to compete at something.  At anything you choose to do. 

We want you to compete because it brings out the greatness in you. 

Times:
Alex	17:19
Alyson	19:23
Amaria	22:26
BA	22:50
Bartik	22:51
Ben	23:48
Blake	22:50
Brett	19:34
Cannon	22:10
Casper	21:28
Chance	19:16
Cheryl	23:18
Cho	20:35
Chris	18:02
Christo	16:25
Cori	19:19
Dan	15:39
David	21:30
Dozer	15:25
Fran	32:35
Geoff	22:22
Jacob	15:56
Jane	23:29
Jeff	18:43
Jenn	24:16
Joanna	22:51
Jody	22:47
Julian	21:23
Julie	24:08
Jumper	NFT
Kadir	21:39
Kahn	23:10
Karen	23:58
KO	18:30
Larry	23:05
Laura	27:05
Lee	14:05
Ludden	14:12
Little John	14:53
LuLu	23:50
Matt C	24:08
Mini Sexxi	24:17
Murrow	16:11
Okuna	17:39
Parker	22:52
Patrick	19:59
Quads	18:08
Rob	16:01
Roberto	20:34
Scott	20:48
Scuba	25:10
Shannan	18:02
Silverman	21:19
Socks	14:45
Stacy	21:00
Stan	21:12
Tanya	25:55
Todd	16:31
Uncle B	15:06
Vegas	16:!2
Welsh	23:13
Wenke	19:32
Wiley	20:20
Steph	25:36	(1 assist band)
Emma	26:08	(1 assist band)
Jo	19:47	(3 assist bands)
Matt F	23:05	(3 assist bands)
Boots	24:30	(2 assist bands)
Kelly	28:38	(3 assist bands)
Briggs	26:17	(3 assist bands)
Becca	16:51	(ring rows)
Kyle	18:52	(ring rows)
Corey	29:24	(ring rows)
Elizabeth	23:31	(jumping pullups)
Timmy	20:16	(bike)
Utah	25:50	(modified)
Big Jon	NFT	(modified)
Dubos	24:28	(modified)
Pete	20:32	(4 rounds)
York	22:21	(4 rounds)
Temple	23:37	(4 rounds)
Jim	24:30	(3 rounds)
Games Prep		O-Lift Workout
Lee		Dan
Ludden		Jimmy
Jumper		Lynn
Christo		Cho
Socks
		Strength Workout
Basic Barbell		Little John
Jane		Uncle B
Pete		Kyle
Julian		JT

   

Comments

[kadir]

here'a a blast from the past!

and please, try to make your feet leave the ground less...

http://library.crossfit.com/premium/video/CFJ_BozTodd_FrontRangeBozJerk.mov?e=1302486022&h=98e26dfb943f3446884cbba15726ab30

[Dan]

Well said Skip!
Although the 2011 Open will probably be remembered as the year with a comical amount of website problems, I'm having a great time competing. It's really cool to be able to throw your hat in the ring with CrossFitters from all over the world, and to have a chance (no matter how small) to help team FRCF.
Everyone's efforts Saturday were hugely inspirational and I look forward to seeing so much more heart & determination over the next 3 Open WODs.

[Karen R]

Sorry I missed Saturday. Way to go everyone!!

[Roeper]

OLift Week 10 Day 2 (Cleans) = Roeper

[josh]

That was moving Skip - it gave Jen and I the chills.

[Javier]

Chills here too.

could not make it in so I did:
4 rounds of
500 meter row
20 barbell thrusters 45lbs
20 weighted situps with35lb kettebell, done turkish getup style.

18:40

Javier