17.1

2/24/17

If you know anything about Crossfit, you know that starting yesterday for the next 5 weeks it is The Opens. The Opens…two words that evoke a multitude of emotions in crossfit athletes everywhere. For advanced athletes I would imagine they are excited and nervous. They want to do well, advance their standings, maybe even have dreams of going to Regionals. For most athletes it’s a time of excitement and team building, as everyone suffers thru the weekly workout together. For me the emotion was dread, accompanied by a stomach ache. I get very anxious thinking of working out w/ half the gym in heats, having a judge, doing a wkout that is really hard and submitting a score. So, obviously I decided not to participate. It’s just not my thing. Why stress myself out?

Then a guy from the gym, Greg, wrote a really inspiring, it’s a magical time of year, get off your butt, sign up for the Opens and have some fun, post. That, followed by a conversation with Sheila, convinced me that I actually should sign up…..

One of my goals for 2017 was “Who cares?” In other words, be you, don’t be afraid, try new things, fail, learn. Sooooo, today Sheila and I did our first Opens workout. I did it scaled. I didn’t finish. I may end up being last in the whole gym when this over. But who cares? I worked really hard. I was proud of myself and Sheila (who did amazing and almost finished!!). Next step, do it with the crowd on Friday or Saturday. The atmosphere makes me anxious. But after being there (it was exciting) and seeing the all the really cool pictures, I think it might be fun. So Doug if you’re reading this, I’d like my picture with soft lighting and just touch of photo-shopping. 😉