In fact, the games HAVE begun, we are on week three of the crossfit open sectionals, and after turning it around in my head for a while, I decided it would be dumb not to throw my hat in the ring. Dumb, not because I have even a slight prayer of qualifying, but because it's such an easy process. Don't misunderstand, the qualifying is not easy, so far the WODs have been killer across the board, but participating is no big deal, just show up at a box, have someone watch and count for you, and then enter the results online, where we compare ourselves,(in my case), to all the other 45-49 year old woman competing in the world. So why not see where I fall in the pack!
Been WODing and lifting in the garage, and sometimes at the local globo......no rack in the garage yet, and the weekly lifts include bs, fs, sp, and dl, so a rack is needed for the first three, which I try and knock out on two days. Wednesdays, I travel an hour away for my kids karate, since there's a box 10 minutes from where I take them, I WOD w/ that group, Crossfit Dover, on Wednesday nights. The other two days am in the garage, just me and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and it's been kind of cool. I plan my weights and my WODs at the start of the week, get into the mindset about a half hour before, and blast the music and push as hard as I can. I can drop the bar, curse, scream, and take my shirt off, 5 days a week, and it's all good.....
Tonight, I will be kicking out WOD 3, 5 minute AMRAP of 110 lb squat cleans to push jerk. What that translate to for me is a 110 lb, clean, front squat, and push jerk, which will still be considered RX. Am nervous and anxious, which is the way I felt before the last two WODs. The anxiety from the last WOD came from not knowing how long I would last........it was a 15 minute AMRAP of 9 dead lifts at 100lbs 12 hand release push ups, 15 20' box jumps. Knew I could do it all, was nervous about my gas tank, ended up with 8rds and 33 reps. The first WOD was nerve wracking because of the skill.....double unders!!!! It was a 10 minute AMRAP of 30 dbl undrs and 15 55lb snatches, only got 3 rds 30 dbl undrs and 5 snatches, the double unders slayed me.
Todays nerves are about weight, 110 is a lot for me to clean and front squat, the question that I keep asking myself is how many times can I fling that weight around for 5 minutes?? The answer will be determined by how focused I stay on keeping my core strong, my form good, and myself mentally determined. It's 5 minutes, I can do ANYTHING for 5 minutes!!!
