7.10.13- In which our hero puts the I in team.

So, right now my crossfit gym is doing a competition with another gym in Mendota to see whose exercisers are the best at exercising. To be honest, I don't know all the rules, or how scoring works, but here is what I surmise from the postings I see:

-Both gyms have their members do the same workout on the same day.
-The top 10 overall men's and top 10 overall women's scores count
- the workouts must be done prescribed,so no scaling.
- points are awarded based on placement with low scores being best (like golf or whatever.)

On this particular day, the workout was a 10 minute AMRAP of a 250 meter row, 15 burpees and 10 deadlifts at 255 pounds. Here was the problem: On this day, CFSM happened to have one of the largest noon classes ever. It was like 20 people. Eventually, we split up into two "heats" to do the workout. Even then, with a group of ten, we ran into trouble, because the gym only has 8 rowing machines. The solution? 2 people in each heat were going to have to run.

Now, as previously discussed, I abhor running. It is the devil. Still, I knew that the competition would not count workouts for people who ran, so it was not smart to make out best people give up a rower. Looking at the situation, and knowing that my workout would not help the team out no matter which option I chose, I took one for the team and volunteered to do the running.

I don't like to throw around the world hero, but I was totally a hero to my gym in that situation.* Eventually, I got through 2 whole rounds of the workout, then started the run for round three with about 40 seconds left. As I jogged my way up the hill (incredibly slowly) I realized that I couldn't even see straight and gave up. I ended up with a final tally of 2 full rounds and 50 extra meters running. Now, two days later, I am still incredibly sore.




*Hopefully, everyone knows that is sarcasm.