Day 296 - Fight Gone Bad

Fight Gone Bad went really really bad.  The last time I did it was over a year ago and I was only using a 35# bar.  I not only was hoping to beat my score, this was my first time doing it RX'd.  Despite that fact, I guess I wasn't taking it very seriously.  I kept thinking that it's just like any other WOD, don't get excited about it, just go in and do it.  


We invited another box to come and do it with us, so there were 100 people in the box, which was unsettling to me.  I guess I can point to a million things that went wrong, but ultimately I think I was dehydrated and wanted to walk away after Round 1.  A friend talked me through it rep by rep - I was sure I was going to pass out - the room was spinning, my mouth was like cotton and all I could hear was people calling my name - I couldn't hear the music, I couldn't get any focus.  Round 3 was a little better, but friends, by then, it's all over.  


The best part of the morning for me was that 3 children from our box did the WOD in a children's heat and my 9 year old daughter was one of them.  

She was so excited and pumped and awesome and she used the same box that I did for box jumps.  I asked her if she was nervous in front of all of those people and she said, "everyone was saying my name - it's like I was famous!".  I am so proud of her and love that she's growing up in this environment and feels comfortable in "competition".  They are the future of our sport.  


Anyway, glad it's over, was happy to be a part of it for a good cause, and was pumped to see so many people getting in to it this year.  

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