I'd like to thank everyone who came out and supported One World. You rock!!! I posted a few pictures. Sorry I didn't get a picture of Jessielyn, Lil Joe, and Cristelle.....
Plus, I gotta give some props to my sponsors at ProAnox: Last year, I couldn't even drive home from the NorCal 40. I was wrecked. It actually jacked my training up for a few weeks. This year, I prepared better and I've been popping those magic ProAnox Extreme pills for a few months. I feel great! Taking tomorrow off from training, but right back into the mix on Tuesday.
My day:
I finished in 8th place. Funny how the one workout I thought would knock me out of the competition turned out not to be as bad as I thought......
I started with the floater max reps rope climbs in four minutes at 8:15 am. I finished with 12 climbs. This put me in a tie for second place. (The four floater workouts were combined at a 25% value to equal one score for all four workouts.)
At 9:00 am, I did the 1.1 mile run with a 20# vest. I sucked..... 38th place. 38th came back to haunt me later.
At 9:20 am, I did the floater max effort bench press in four minutes. I hit 340# for a first place finish.
At 11:15 am, I did the 30 squat snatches @ 125# for time. I was dreading this workout. My squat snatch is so fucking ugly. I was hoping to finish 25 reps in the allotted ten minutes. I ended up finishing all 30 in 9:29 for an 11th place finish. I was pretty stoked!!!
At 11:45 am, I did the floater 250m row x 3 workout. I pulled some solid row times, but the fact of the matter is that all the guys who were over 6' killed this workout. Damn you tall people!!! I finished 21st.
At 1:00 pm, I did the floater burpee/wall jump workout. I finished 32 reps in 4 minutes. It was good enough for a 4th place tie.
My last workout was at 2:15 pm. The workout was as many rounds as possible in 7 minutes of 7 chest to bar pull-ups/10 40# dumbbell push presses/10 53# kettlebell swings. I finished 5 rounds + 3 KB swings for a first place finish.
The top five guys that reached the final TOTALLY deserved to be there. I was honored to compete against everyone at the event.
In the end, the run really killed me. How am I going to fix it? I'm not. What's the point? I'm trying to make the CrossFit Games. I need to be one of the top 20 45-49 year old competitors in the world. I'm pretty sure a 1.1 mile 20# weighted vest run is not going to come up in the Open Qualifier. More than likely, the Open is going to be more like the pull-up/push press/KB swing workout. I love the NorCal 40 because it is near the Open, and I get a chance to see where I am at with my training. I am right on track!
BTW- I CRUSHED SOME BEERS AFTER I GOT KNOCKED OUT OF THE EVENT!!!
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WORKOUT 1/30/2012
- Find a 3 rep max shoulder press
Then.......
As many rounds as possible in 12 minutes of:
- 5 shoulder presses @ 75% of 3 rep max
- 10 toes to bar
- 30 double unders
POWER HOUR 1/30/2012
- Shoulder Press 5/3/3/1/1/1
- 3 x max pull-ups
- 100 Abmat sit-ups for time
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