conditions were all over the place, some ice ...
some dirt ...
some snow ...
and a purty blue sky overhead ...
took a little breather at the top of k2 before heading back to my car.
3.5 hours done and i felt great!
on sunday i woke up a little stiff, but not bad! me and my partner, policeman dave, drove to crossfit cordis in oakville for the compwod tag team open. as usual, our hosts, jamie and kevin, put on a fantastic event!
dave had only done one small competition before, so he wasn't sure what to expect. the first wod was kool! well, for me, but maybe not him! he had to carry my sorry old arse across his shoulders for 400m. we both almost died! he with my weight, and me almost being dumped in a pothole! haha! but we did it. i then got to run 400m with a 30lb sandbag while dave did a shit-load of wallballs! in the span of 10 minutes, we managed both runs and 160 wallballs! we placed pretty good after this wod. the second one didn't really suit me. the goal was to reach our one rep max clean, with rounds of cindy thrown in between. i only got to 115 - almost all of the other females STARTED at 125 - while dave pr'd at 225! wahoo! unfortunately our combined score wasn't that great and overall we ended up in the 'b' or 'badass' division.
the third wod was a blast - a 12 minute chipper! it started with 30 reps each of front squats, shoulder to overhead, cleans and snatches - split up between the two of us.
the only kicker was that while one partner was doing reps, the other couldn't drop the bar!
we thought we were doing okay, but we were the last ones to finish the bar work - wtf?
from there we ran over to the ropes, it was only a 12 foot climb, so i did one and dave did the rest - pretty easy for him considering his height! after doing 50 squat jumps, we stumbled through 30 burpee over box jumps, of which dave did more for sure!
then 30 knees to elbows - again, dave crushed these ...
and finally, we had to do 10 wall climbs. i had asked dave before we started if he'd ever done one, to which he replied, 'well, i watched kathy do one once ...' hahaa!
but he did pretty good!
with 5 seconds remaining on the clock, i scrambled up the wall, banged my forehead, and crumpled down to get in the final rep! wahoo!
what a hoot! i loved that one! dave - not so sure ...
by just sneaking in the last rep, we managed to get ourselves into the semi-finals!
and, in true compwod fashion, it involved thrusters (my least favorite bar move) and burpees (my least favorite anything). 5 minutes to do 15 thrusters, 30 burpees over bar, and another 15 thrusters. the only kicker being we had to do them TOGETHER! so if one of us dropped the bar, the other one had to wait! argh! we weren't quite fast enough to get into the top 3 and move on, but we were a very respectable 6th place out of i think 21 teams! not bad for a rookie and an old broad ...
thanks dave! that was a super fun day. i had a blast and you were an awesome partner!
this weekend, moose is helping me move my shit out of the farm. a girl can only go so long without water, and, i can't live in the palace forever.
but life goes on ...
love you mfs, miss you ...
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