Well, week 1 is in the books! For those of you not familiar, the “Legends of the Fall” was a fun “fitness league” developed by Mike Warkentin at CrossFit 204. It entails 4 weekly team events with gyms from around the city competing. CrossFit Sublime was represented in week 1 by Melissa C, Leslie W, Terry D, and Coach Brad. The events were not revealed until the teams arrived.
Event 1/2 was a Max Snatch event. Teams had 15 minutes for all four athletes to register a max snatch. Before the event, teams declared male-female Pair 1 and male-female Pair 2. The loads of Pair 1 athletes were combined, creating the total for Event 1. The same procedure went for Pair 2/Event 2. On the women’s side, Leslie tossed up 93# easily and made a great effort at 98# but fell a bit short. Mel C and Terry D showed their technical improvements posting PR’s of 108# and 113#, respectively and Coach Brad hit 205#. Sublime received totals of 313 and 206 on the events.
Event 3 was a 14km relay run. I could just see the beaming smile on Terry D (our resident marathoner) when the event was announced. The relay was 17 laps of an 820m course, with a baton passed between runners. In true 204 fashion, each baton was labeled with the name of a heavy metal band. We drew the “Anthrax” baton and were “Metal Thrashing Mad” through the runs. We finished the course in 1:02:55.
We currently sit in 8th place with 3 weeks to go. The competition was great fun and we look forward to another week. For those wanting to join Michelle C and Eldon in the cheering section, there will be plenty of room for you THIS SATURDAY at 2:30PM at CrossFit 204 (483 Berry St). Come out and join the fun!
Coach B.
ps. here’s Mel hitting 108#…BOOM!
