Weekend whirlwind

It was our last weekend before school starts for the big three.  I happened to actually look at a school calendar for the private school Caleb is going to and they don't start til the 27th!  A few more weeks of summer with the little guy!
We said goodbye to summer with a pool party with our gym and then a CrossFit competition in Wichita.  It was an exhausting, fun way to end a really, really good summer.
Jen and Jerry offered up their awesome house and pool for us to party in!  And we always wod first, party second!  

Swim with a slam ball, overhead tosses, walking lunges and ball slams.

I told you they were awesome!  And this isn't even everyone :-)

The next morning 10 of us piled into cars in pouring rain and headed to Wichita for a Box Battle.  It was a first time competition for a few of them and a return to competition after a hiatus for several of us.  Super proud of how everyone did!  3 individual WODs guaranteed and our scores combined as a team score.  Top 3 would take 6 athletes into the 4th WOD with a winner take all prize.  We didn't know what the prize would be, but didn't really care either.  

Ryen came down from KC to compete with us.

Dan, Dylan and Chad working on Wod 1.

Zach 

Em

Breana.  

She is 15, guys.  15 and has the best attitude and works so hard.

Cheyna

Snatch work on WOD 2.

Chad, post-wod 2.

                         

Becky working hard on WOD 2.

WOD 3

Places and points were updated all day.   

Everyone worked hard and we ended up 2nd place at the end of the 3 WODs.

Final WOD was announced and we knew we could do well.  It was also announced that the winner would get a $500 to Garage Box Equipment, the sponsor for the event!  We REALLY wanted to win now!

Strategizing

Our super strong secret weapon, Zach.

Em handling her lunges with NO problem!

Jumping pullups

Pullups

Bar Mucle ups

Last station was a whole bunch of Cleans.

High-fives all around for taking 1st!

(Yes that huge paw above the crowd is mine...anyone, anyone? High-five? ;-) )

Cheering on the other teams.
My favorite part of competitions.  

Final 6

Em got 2nd in scaled!!

I got 3rd in RX (out of 5, but I'll take it :-) ).

Dylan got 3rd!

Team Pathos took 1st!!

It was a great day.  I told Chad later that night that I don't love individual competitions.  They feel like childbirth.  
Wait for it... 
Prior to it, I'm nervous, anxious, and not really sure I want to do it, but mostly I just want to get it over with. 
During it, I work and push myself and it hurts.  
After, the adrenaline is running and it feels awesome to think about what you just accomplished.  And there is some aspect of the short term memory loss cause I'll do another one and forget how hard they can be.  SEE!?!?  Just like childbirth!!