I want to take a few minutes and congratulate one of our Crossfitter's...last spring Erin and I went to Ft. Worth , TX to the Southwest Regional qualifying event.Our first workout there was heavy rowing Grace which is 10 squat clean and jerks, men @ 155 and women @ 105, and 500m rowing for three rounds. There was a 20 minute cutoff for the event. We were in the first heat of the competition and nerves were high. Erin had only clean & jerked that weight one time previous so she had a battle on her hands.
As she tried to get through the last round of clean & jerks the time ran out, and she collapsed...exhausted! She went on to the 2nd workout of the day and competed with everyone of them and out worked most! Her time ran out with 3 burpees left in the event and her hands were bleeding from the 50 chest to bar pullups she just done. Beaten and down we rested the rest of the afternoon.The next day would better...we had the 9 of spades to do 21-15-9 of box jumps, kettlebell swings, and SDHP. It proved to be a perfect workout for her. Many months have passed since then and thought of not finishing the 1st workout has been haunting her since. She told me the other day she wanted redemption. Not having done it since the regionals, she was nervous. We came in after my MRI yesterday and set up for the workout. Her cleans were spot on(she didn't realize I was watching : ) )and the weight was easy...18:22 later she had completed "HEAVY ROWING GRACE" That would have been fast enough to land her a spot in Aromas, CA the place of the 2009 CrossFit Games. People second guess themselves everyday, and everyday we have a chance to prove ourselves wrong. She did not get better at this workout by doing it every week or month...she got better at it by training functional movements that make her core strong enough to handle the load she put on it. As CrossFitters we specialize by not specializing and by being good across the board. If she found a weakness, she warmed up with it. If she needed to work on a specific movement, she practiced before or after her varied workouts. She has made leaps and bounds of improvements as well as every other CrossFitter that trains @ CrossFit SoMo. We have a great community established and it continues to grow. Next time you see Erin, give her an atta girl
