The four WODs were as follows:
WOD 1 - Choose Wisely, which was pick a weight and accumulate as much ground to overhead as possible in 5 minutes. Once the weight has been selected, it cannot be changed, but the movement can be changed. I chose a 25 lb dumbbell and stayed with dumbbell snatches all the way through, which allowed me to just keep going... and going... and going... and going. The lighter weight did drop my placement significantly, but I do also think of CrossFit competitions as a war or a D&D campaign, where I may "lose" a fight to ultimately win in the end. The 25 lb dumbbell was a comfortable weight that allowed me 127 reps, which was easily more than double the weight I would have accumulated on barbell snatches at 45 because I do lose substantial time loading the bar and I have to do a lot of resetting.
WOD 2 - Griptastic, which was an 8 minute AMRAP of 10 deadlifts, 8 hang power cleans, 6 front squats, 4 shoulder to overheads, and 2 thrusters at 65 lbs for my division. All I can say was... yecch! I got through five rounds plus a few deadlifts, which was far faster than my practice where I was just barely getting 4 rounds in, even with me freezing a bit with about 90 seconds left when I honestly thought I was going to vomit on the judge. He was very lucky...
WOD 3 - Gut Check, which was an 8 minute time cap of 20 calorie row, 20 devil presses at 15 lbs each hand, 15 box-overs (stepping allowed in scaled), 10 goblet squats at 15 lbs, and 5 wall walks. This was a TOUGH one for me, but I still finished this event third with a time of 5:39. I was by far the last one off the rower, but I got through the devil presses, which were burpees followed immediately by getting the two dumbbells overhead simultaneously however possible. I took them like dumbbell snatches because they were light enough. I was also among the slowest to finish the devil presses, but once I got to the 20" box-overs, that's when I was able to accelerate. Goblet squats? Also trivial, and I was able to put some pressure on the two front-runners. Wall walks? Lots of foul language, but I got them done one at a time, and it helped that all I had to do was get my palms past the prescribed line. Plus being allowed to "splat" down also sped me up... Suffice to say, I'm usually screaming in terror at wall-walks, but I actually functioned and just kept going without vomit or a change of underwear.
Floater - CycloCross. This was by far the easiest event for me, although it took me a while because wet, bumpy grass + sharp turn + road tires = I don't want to land in the ER. I still held my own considering I went in at a significant disadvantage, but at least I didn't demolition derby the obstacles or get myself stuck mid-course!
There will be many, many more photographs coming in once Jorge Huertas Photography finishes processing and uploading the pictures, but I did get some from a nice volunteer on the CycloCross event, where I was probably going in at a huge disadvantage with road tires instead of mountain bike tires. Then again, I'd rather have a bike that I knew EXACTLY how to control it and what it can / can't / should / shouldn't do.
The first place winner in my division (Masters SX Female) was my fellow Hobbit at Iron Legion, who made sure I tried a few different strategies for WOD 1, which was known as "Choose Wisely", and WOD 2, which was known as "Griptastic". She blew us all away in every event except for CycloCross, where I missed the opportunity to photograph her in a spectacular demolition derby moment truly worthy of Yeti.
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