CrossFit - 7Jan

Before leaving Santa Cruz, Nate and I decided that we just couldn't leave the CrossFit Mecca without doing a workout at HQ. So I contacted Annie and she highly encouraged us to come out. We thought our workouts were sufficient, were we wrong!

We pull up to the gym and what's the first thing we see? Annie, doing Knees-to-Elbows. How cool is that?!

We started off with a 5 block run stopping at each street corner and doing 15 air squats. It wasn't an easy jog either, more like 10K pace.

When we got back into the gym, Annie told us to grab a kettlebell and we continued our "warm-up" by doing 5-10-15 of KB Swings, push-ups, and knees-to-elbows.

We then did a progression with SDHPs and Push Presses starting with the bar and working up to 95-lbs. Then Annie gave us the real WOD:

- 21 SDHP
- 21 Push Presses
- Fed-Ex run (~400 meters)
- 15 SDHP
- 15 Push Presses
- Fire Hydrant Run (~200 meters)
- 9 SDHP
- 9 Push Presses
- Fed-Ex Run

I finished 2nd in 13:05 and Nate finished 3rd in 13:22. Nate had me worried on the last run, he caught up to me and definitely kept my pace honest!

Another awesome experience: being privileged enough to be trained by Annie. She was super sweet and supportive - another class act; something we've just come to expect from everyone CrossFit.