Adrenaline Made Me Do It

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This past Saturday, I competed in a team Crossfit competition at my gym - Saigon Sports Club.

9 teams of 3 (2 males + 1 female), from 2 different Crossfit boxes (CrossFit Q7 and CrossFit Thao Dien), were registered to compete.

In the days leading up to the competition, I started to get really excited; I've improved tremendously over the last 12 months and I looked forward to being put to the test.

That was until Friday night, when the 4 events were posted on Facebook.

I looked forward to event #1, I absolutely dreaded event #2, event #3 didn't look too bad, but then, event #4 looked like WAY WAY WAY too many burpees for my liking!

Upon my arrival at the gym Saturday, nerves definitely set in.

I didn't want to let anyone down - not my coaches, not my gym buddies, not my teamates and most definitely not myself!

EVENT 1

I thought I did pretty well in the first event; within the 15 minutes timeframe, I was able to work up to a 1 REP MAX of 55kg on my Clean and Jerk, which was a personal best for me.

EVENT 2

In the second event, I chose to do the pull-ups (we all needed to choose one exercise to attempt); I did the most reps I've ever done without letting go of the bar.

EVENT 3

In the third event, though I did well with my clusters, I was slightly disappointed with my performance on my double unders (this is usually a major strength of mine).

With that said, the guys did an amazing job on the assault bike and we ended up getting first place overall in that particular event.

EVENT 4

In the fourth event, I was ready to redeem myself; I pushed incredibly hard to complete my snatches and burpees as fast and as consistently as I possibly could.

In the end, our team came 4th.

We each worked hard to contribute our efforts.

As for me - I hit some of my targets, I crushed some of my goals, I got some new PRs...

I did things I didn't think would be possible when I saw the events shared the night before the competition.

Adrenaline Made Me Do It!

Thanks to SSC-CFQ7 for hosting the event!

Thanks to CFTD for attending!

Thanks to the competitors for your participation!

Thanks to the spectators for your energy!

Thanks to my teamates for all your hard work!

Looking forward to more competitions in the future!

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