As I mentioned in the previous blog both myself and Sarah have taken part in an online team competition and I was in a singles comp also. It was the Thorium Team Competition and was great fun and the workouts were killers. Trying to fit those alongside normal training was tough in itself!
My WOD partner Neil and I (yes Neil and Neil) competed in the masters category (40+) and we finished 14th. Sarah and her partner Oni were competing in the female category for all ages and finished 107th. No finals place for us but Connect did have a pair make it through. My sister in law Donna and her partner Drew made it to the finals up in Newcastle in the female masters division and finished 3rd overall. An absolutely amazing result and one we were all very proud of.
In my individual competition which was The Athlete Games (TAG), I came 137th. I am very pleased with the result but now more determined to get even better. These games take place every year and I will be entering next year to see how much better I can become.
It has been a full on few months of competition lately as were both in the Southern Series team competition too. The Southern Series is a 6 series event run by Barnaby Gehlcken of Connect and taking place every two months across 6 of the local CrossFit boxes. There were 4 members to a team for the second event and it was being held at Smart Performance in Worthing. This was a fantastic day and Connect had 2 teams entered. We came 9th and the other team 7th.
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| The First Southern Series Comp at Connect |
My daughter Madi and Sarah also completed the 10 week Olympic lifting program with Coach Holly and saw some very impressive results. This is a program that purely focuses on the lifts that you see at the Olympics; the Clean & Jerk and Snatch and are two of the hardest things you learn when taking up CrossFit.
After seeing the progress that they have both made I am now doing it on the next cycle. I’m not going to lie, I was scared stiff of starting the program and making a fool of myself but so glad I did. It’s only been 3 weeks so far but I'm absolutely loving it. Once you start to breakdown the lifts, the technique behind it is amazing. And that’s what makes it so addictive. It’s not something you can just do. You have to practice and practice and sometimes it goes right and sometimes it doesn’t, but that’s what keeps you coming back. Connect have some of the best coaches in the South East and to be taught lifting by an ex British champion is not something every gym can offer.
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| Coach Holly |
I shall leave you on a blatant plug..... If you want a great book to read then get hold of a copy of ‘Gatekeeper’ by Kay Sexton. Kay is a member of Connect and an amazing lady. This is Kay’s first novel and a fantastic read.
In my next post I will be covering our participation in the big CrossFit event of the year: The Reebok CrossFit Games Open! Until then………….
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