Fitober Fest 2012

Last weekend was CF Freedon's Fitober Fest competition. The competition consisted of 4 WODs on Saturday and 2 more on Sunday with 38 teams involved. Chris, Hannah, Tara, and myself made up team Prevail SC. We had a great time cheering on each other and our friends from the local CF community. On to the fun...

WOD 1 (Hannah & I)
8:00 AMRAP (1 athlete works at a time)
10 Thrusters (135/95)
20 Up and Over the Box Jumps (20")
= 8 rounds
- We found out prior to the competing that the Up & Over Box Jumps could actually be step up and overs which made it drastically easier. Our plan was to split it evenly until Hannah slowed down on the thrusters and/or I slowed down on the box steps. Those were probably the best thrusters sets I've ever done. I never lost my balance and kept a nice smooth motion every rep. I eventually picked up 2 extra reps per round from Hannah, while she covered me on the step ups. Looking back I think we could have squeezed out a few more reps had I done all the thrusters myself in the last round. You know what they say about hindsight :/

Overall = 8th 

WOD 2 (Chris & Tara)
3 rounds each FT:
 5 Wall Walks
 150m-ish Sand bag carry Run
= 7:32
- Chris & Tara did great on this one. They were both super fast off the wall every round, but those runs looked brutal with the sandbags. First round they both were fast on their runs, but the weight of those bags started to show on the 2nd and 3rd. I know one thing...I wouldn't have come close to their times if I had to do it.

Overall = dropped out of the Top 10 at this point

WOD 3 & 4 (Chris, Hannah, & I)
10:00 AMRAP (1 athlete works at a time, every member must perform at least 1 rep/exercise/round)
 30 Deadlifts (275/185)
 90 DUs
= 5 + 100

1:00 rest, then...

4:00 AMRAP
Ground to Overhead (135/95)
= 71
- This was by far my favorite WOD of the comp. Not because it was this super cool WOD or anything like that. We just rocked it. We had a good game plan going in. We communicated well within the WOD and kept our cool when things didn't go as planned and really worked as a team. It had a real cool vibe as we started with the Sun going down over the building and finishing under the lights. Going in Chris had 10 DLs, Hannah was gonna grab 8, and I was gonna take the last 12. We kept same rotation on the rope and never had to double up. Quick and easy transitions. Chris was having trouble dealing with my rope so his DUs were real short. Hannah was destroying the DUs. Chris kept his cool and picked up some of Hannah's reps on the deads to keep her fresh. I was able to roll through 5 rounds of 12 deads UB. The 6th round I came up 5 short and Chris recognized it and came over and cranked em out so we could keep moving. Hannah and I got back on the rope and we finished in the top ten on WOD.
 We had a quick break to prepare the bar for the G2O AMRAP. Kept the same rotation as we had on the deads. Hannah and Chris both killed it on this one. Hannah had to break Chris and I up every time we transitioned out. We all pushed it and kept a great pace. We finished in the Top 8 on this WOD too.

At the end of Day 1, we were in 8th place. 

WOD 5 (Tara, Chris, & I)
FT: (12:00 time cap, Athlete must finish all the work, before next athlete starts)
 500m Row
 20 OHS (115/75)
 20 Bar hop Burpees
= 12:00 + 10 Burpees
- Another hindsight lesson. We had Tara lead off, then Chris, then me. Tara made it through her round with UB OHSs and finished a little after the 4:00 mark. Chris jumped in and killed it on the rower, had a some balance issues on the OHSs which caused him to drop twice, but then killed himself on the burpees. I got off the rower with a little less than 1:30 remaining. I got through my OHSs UB and finished half of the burpees, which were brutal, they left my quads in shambles and I only did 10!! I don't complain about reffin' much. It's out of my control and I shouldn't worry about it, BUT this one cost us a finish I believe. There was a miscommunication with out judge about jumping over with both feet at the same time and having to land with two feet at the same time. He stated the previous, but not the later, which he no repped Chris on about 5 burpees and Tara on about 3-4. He got me on one, but I deserved it. I saw the ones he gave Chris and Tara and they were bad calls and I'll leave it at that. I say it because only about 5-6 teams finished the WOD within the time cap so those extra seconds could have really made a difference.

Overall, we dropped to 9th and made the cut to compete in the final event...PRETTY PUMPED!!

WOD 6 (Hannah & I)
Complete FT: (14:00 Time Cap; 1 athlete works at a time)
 Each team member completes: (girl/guy order)
 6 TGUs (24k/16k)
 8 Power Cleans (185/135)
 10 Back Squats from Rack (225/185)
Then: (either athlete can do the muscle ups; both athletes must run)
 2 Muscle Ups, 300m Shuttle Run
 4 Muscle Ups, 300m Shuttle Run
 8 Muscle Ups, 300m Shuttle Run
= 14:00 + 6 Muscle Ups + 300m Shuttle Run
- I got stuck exactly where I though I would, on the Muscle Ups, but I did get 2 more than I thought I would. All the weights were easy for Hannah and I. We were the second team to the rings. Muscle Ups are pretty taxing to my elbows and shoulders so I haven't done them in I don't know how long...last Spring some time maybe. I knew I could get through the first round. I thought I was gonna struggle more in the second round, but actually didn't at all. The third round the wheels fell off. I was there for 5:00 and could only get 2 out of the 8 on the last round. I tried and tried. People were cheering and giving advice, but at some point I just couldn't pull anymore. I tried to bargain with my judge and exchange the remaining Muscle ups for some 225# clean and jerks, but he wasn't biting. So we had to leave 6 on the board when all was said and done.

Prevail SC finished 9th in the final standings and we couldn't have been happier! We had a blast competing together and hopefully opened a few eyes as we represented CF Prevail.

Personally, this was a big win for me. I competed in last year's team event with some other friends and was severely limited in what I could do because of my back injury at the time. I felt like I wasn't able to really help the team at all and actually only performed in one WOD over the weekend. What a complete 180 a year can bring. I'm a ton stronger than I was last year. My metcon has suffered, but that's more by choice and not circumstance. My back and shoulders felt great all weekend, despite the volume and loading. I was pretty beat up finally for days following the comp, but that was more because of the Muscle ups then anything else. Looking forward to seeing what another year will bring.