Atlas Games

On June 15th I competed in a crossfit competition called the Atlas Games which was held in Maryland. This was my second competition since starting crossfit in 2012 & I was especially excited about it because it was teams of 4. I was recruited to join Team Black Sheep by a friend that workout occasionally at my gym. The team required 2 males & 2 females; the other female on our team was driving down from Philadelphia. About a week before the competition I had rolled my ankle doing sprints during a workout. Needless to say I was totally pissed & couldn't believe the bad timing. After resting it for several days, I decided to compete anyway.

Competition day went as follows:

WOD #1

15 minute AMRAP
50 Handstand Pushups
50 Front Rack Barbell Lunges (135#/95#)
50 Burpee Box Jumps (20 inches)

*Team Black Sheep came in 16th after this WOD. My ankle held up nicely on the box jumps & lunges.

WOD #2

10 minute Time Cap
250m Row Spring per Athlete
Partner Carry - down & back
Max Rep Pullups/Partner Dead Hang

*Team Black Sheep came in 19th after this WOD. The ankle started to hurt after this workout & my good ankle was giving me problems due to overcompensating. =/

Photo op right before starting the third & final workout. My Dad was able to come down from PA to cheer me on, I was so excited he was able to make the trip:

WOD #3

10 minute Time Cap
5 minute Max Rep Synchronized Overhead Squats (135#/85#)
1 minute Bar Bell Setup
4 minute Max Rep Synchronized Deadlifts (405#/315#)

 

Mike & I busting out some overhead squats.

Synchronized Deadlifts:

*Team Black Sheep came in 16th after this WOD out of 24 teams that competed. The ankle was shot going into this WOD & both ankles were wrapped at this point. Once I started working the pain went away, but as soon as I sat down it came right back. I was glad I finished though, didn't want to let my team down.

Final photo of Team Black Sheep, bum ankle included. From left to right - Mike, Me, Gerard (a/k/a 300) & Mischa:

A Little Motivation. . .

Yep, I am waayyy behind on my posts but I thought the best way to get back into it would be a motivational quote:

 

The Color Run

Last Sunday Kateri & I participated in "the happiest 5k on the planet," also known as The Color Run. A week before she sent me an email with the race information asking if I wanted to run with her; I had never heard of The Color Run before but when she sent me the website information & I saw this video, I just had to do it - it looked so fun:

 

 

The race was held at The National Harbor in DC & there were 5,000 people that came out to run/walk; there were all age groups & tons of kids. Here are a few pics of us pre-race:

Waiting for our heat to be called.

Buddies =)

A few days before the race we were told by a couple people that had ran in it before to make sure we wore sunglasses & had something to cover our nose & mouth when we ran through the color stations; apparently it can be difficult to breathe - so glad we listed to them because it was a huge help.

Since the race isn't actually timed, we decided to keep track with Kateri's iPhone just to see how we did at the end; we weren't actually racing because Kateri also wanted to take pics throughout, but we wanted to see what our time was at the end. There were alot of walkers & families with multiple kids in strollers so we spent most of the time dodging & weaving the large groups, but it was still alot of fun. Throughout the course there were signs like this:

 

There were also signs that said, "Woo Hoo, Here Comes the Blue!" & "Orange You Excited?!" Kateri also took some "action shots" where she would run ahead & snap pics of me running towards her (she's so goofy) but of course I did the same for her:

"Run Dani Run!"

-Kateri

We ended the race by the water & were greeted by a large group of vendors & a live band. The pic below was right before we crossed the finish line...our time was 28:04.

We were each given our own individual packet of color powder & were then counted down by the live band for us to group together & throw the color either at each other or up in the air:

It's now time to assess the color damage...below is us pre-race:

 

 

Post-race damage. =P

If you'd like to see if The Color Run comes to your area, check out their website here. We highly recommend it & all proceeds go to Children's Hospital.