111317// Ok so what’s next?

MetCon// 

Rowing Intervals for times

600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100m

Rest as needed between sprints

You competed on Saturday! It was awesome to watch! I hope you had a lot of fun! Some of you admitted though, that you’ve been training hard and being consistent largely because you felt obligated to your team or you wanted to get your money’s worth from the comp. Whatever the reason, you’ve been particularly “on it” largely because of the looming comp. This is an awesome effect of signing up to compete or race or perform, your preparation is elevated!  

I imagine though that some of you are left now with the feeling of, “Ok now what do I have to look forward to?” Some of you may already be marking your calendars for the next one. I even thing that some of you may be a little scared like, “oh gosh! Does this mean I’m a competitive CrossFitter now? Do I need to keep chasing this dragon in order for my training to be worth anything?”  

”The competition is over. Now What”.... Monday, that’s what. You love your life, I know because you do wild and intense stuff like CrossFit. Rest easy in knowing that you can just come to the gym and enjoy training. Especially if you’re feeling like the gym may not be as meaningful without some event to look forward to, maybe this is your opportunity to embrace the other reasons why you like CrossFit or even just your community at Harvest. It is great to have a motivator like an event, but a little contentment can allow you to think of some unique or personal inspiration as well. Surfers rarely are surfing to compete, surfing is fun. Body builders chase the pump. Runners love to feel the pounding pavement, they get runners high. I may be a weirdo, you may be too, but I just love to get obliterated by a wod! That’s enough for me, no need for competition, I often forget to even write my time or score on the board. You’ll get the most out of your training if you just enjoy exercise.

With all that said, there is another opportunity compete this weekend!  “Happy Wodsgiving” is a scaled only partner competition at Chalk Box Training this Saturday. You can register at www.nwotb.com. It looks like an awesome little event. M/M M/F F/F partner options!