2008 CF Games WODs

Monday 10-27-14

So, one of the earliest introductions to CrossFit, other than main site, is the infamous movie "Every Second Counts", which is a inside view of the CrossFit community, culture and most importantly the 2008 CrossFit Games. This was at a time before CF had blown up, before you could watch countless youtube videos or basically go to any athletes twitter feed and see everything they do.


It is a very interesting inside look at what it takes to be "CrossFit" and to make the Games... in 2008. The movie crescendos with a showdown of pretty awesome WODs, which, little did I know, I would end up doing, back to back.... today.

CF Invictus 10-25

The 2008 CrossFit Games.... Minus the Hill... and compressed into 30 minutes. 

against a running clock, perform the following for time: 

“Chest-to-Bar Fran”

Complete rounds of 21, 15 and 9 reps of:

Thrusters (95/65 lbs)

Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups
rest until 10:00, and then... 

Five rounds for time of:

5 Deadlifts (275/185 lbs)

10 Burpees

rest until the clock hits 20:00, and then..

30 Squat Clean & Jerks (155/100 lbs)

Well, here we go.

the s*&t show after the throwdown

I have never done C2B Fran, but my most recent Fran was 3:45. I have done the DL Burpee WOD multiple times, but several years ago and scored 3:30ish as my best time. Never done 30 C &J at 155#, especially not SQUAT cleans!

So, I was definitely intimidated and nervous going in to this one...

I paced Fran, but the thrusters have never felt so light. I got all 21, broke down the C2Bs and also the set of 15 thursters (8/7). Then the last round of 9 went pretty quick. Like I said, I paced it know I still have a long way to go.
6:01

Thinking I could knock out the DL & Burpee WOD pretty close to my old time was a mistake. The Deadlifts werent bad, but the burpees were slow after Fran. I ended up  way behind and didnt have as much rest time as I wanted.
5:49.
And finally, the hardest part, the Squat clean and jerks.
Fresh, these would be hard, but after two other WODs, one of which was Fran.. this was gonna be rough.
My goal was, every minute to hit a set number, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3. Those numbers aren't anything unrealistic, but they proved to be hard to maintain.
minute 1 - 4, minute 2, I was already behind, only got 3. I was able to keep that going for a while, but then dropped to only 2 per min. I was behind and only had 3 minuets. I spent way to long running back and forth to the whiteboard counting the reps I had done to see where I was and how many more I needed to get... I ended one rep short.

When it was all said and done, I was spent.. It was hard, probably one of the hardest 30 mins of my life, but totally do-able. See when you know you have a lot more work to do, you hold back, you dont go 100% all out... maybe I should have, but I didnt.

I know I could have gone harder, I know I could have finished the 30 reps, but I didnt... Its a weird feeling to say, "I could have done better", well.. then why didn't I. If I knew over 10 minutes I could have got 1 more rep, why was my score only 29?

I guess, at times, CF can get very philosophical, I know, without a doubt its extremely mental. When it hurts, you can slow down, or push through.

I'll redo these WODs, independently out of curiosity and... at some point... back to back out of vendetta...3, 2, 1, GO!