July 10, 2009

We are in Marina, Ca at our hotel for the 2009 CrossFit Games. Our hotel is located on the beach at the dunes. For our WOD we used a lifeguard stand and sprinted up a dune. The target on the tower is about 8-9 ft which is a little lower than standard, oh well we have to make due. The workout consisted of 3 rounds and it was myself, Matt, and Ibby. The WOD went something like this...

3 rounds of:

Partner 1: sprints aprox. 100m up the sand dune carrying a 75lbs sandbag (how litteral)
Partner 2: max ball slams w/25# d-ball until P1 comes back from sprint
Partner 3: max wall balls w/20# dynamax ball until P1 comes back from sprint

Once P1 returns, we rotate, then rotate again until everyone has moved through all 3 stations.

NOTES:

Ibby started on the run, I started at ball slams, Matt started on wallball. That meant I had to end on the run. The run is brutal, you are trying to take big strides but you sink into the sand and almost go nowhere. By the time you get to the top, your legs are burning like hell. To make it worse, there are Crossfitter's from all over the world and they are everywhere. We had the 3rd place overall finisher staying in the room next to us at the hotel. So when I got close to the top of the dune, there was an affiliate team hanging out drinking beers at a table. They see us doing our WOD and come over and start yelling and chearing us on. The last person I wanted to see at the top was a hot girl wearing a Crossfit shirt screaming at me to hurry the fuck up. The WOD took about 10 min but it was a brutal 10 min.