This past weekend I headed up to Oklahoma City to compete with a good friend, Reid in Koda Crossfit’s Cupids Revenge…Kodamania. First off, hats off to an AWESOME theme…the costumes were great (no we didn’t dress up…Reid is lame…kidding). They had the competition area set up like a wrestling ring…marking off the area with red tape. It was great!
This was my 1st time at Koda Crossfit…fantastic facility (I even took some pointers back to my box…i.e. lockers) and great people. I felt very welcomed. We checked in shortly after I landed…picking up our awesome banana yellow super soft jackets…which I wore today! Dinner was sweet potato fries and burgers, then it was early to bed for early to rise.
After an introduction to sweet potato pancakes we arrived at Koda for an 8:30am briefing and got warm to go at 10am (heat 3). First WOD…
15 minute Partner AMRAP – Alternating Movements
- 7 BB burpees
- 7 power snatches (135/83)
- Row 200m
Reid started on the burpees…I snatched…he rowed…I burpeed…he snatched…I rowed…You get the point. This went on for 15mins. We got 10.5 rounds…maybe it was 11.5…whatever it was…it put us in 10th place…needless to say we had some ground to make up.
Still standing post WOD 1
WOD 2 was better…I like cleans!
Power Clean and Close Grip Bench Press Ladder.
- Men: (185-315)
- Women: (103-183)
** must make both lifts for score… single lifts for tie breaker
Long story short…I got a 10# PR on my bench press (new PR is 165) and I cleared the clean ladder. Reid cleared the ladder on bench press and got 285# power clean…however he has #295. We made up some much needed ground with this one. We also discovered who we had to “chase” for WOD 3 in order to qualify for the finals.
We survived WOD 2
WOD Three – Heavy Fran: 15-12-9
- Thruster (135/83)
- Chest To Bar Pull Ups
Men complete workout first, women second
AGHH! C2B are not my favorite…however thrusters are! After Reid finished his round…I went. My C2B were not great BUT we called time well before the team we were trying to beat. We are going to the finals!!
Final Workout:
Top 6 Teams
1000m Run
40 Deadlifts – 315/203
Top 4 Teams:
20 Muscle Ups
Finish on Podium
We all lined up on the road…about 10yds apart I might add…and took off…After the 1000m of running with a rope, we finished 6th and sadly didn’t make the cut off for the last WOD (I blame my slow ass on the 800m run)…which I would have killed the deadlifts…totally my wheelhouse.
All in all it was a great comp with a great friend. Good times and good discussion and like always no matter how big or small the competition is you ALWAYS learn something. Below are a few of my learning lessons.
- I need to get stronger.
- I need to get my ass on the track and run more sprints.
- I don’t need as much food for competition as I think I do.
- I don’t need half the gear I bring to competitions.
- Vertical pulls are still my weakness.
- PRing is fun!
Thank you Koda Crossfit for putting on a great competition and thank you Reid for being a great partner and great friend! Next time we win…until then its back to the blacktop!
