Bayou City CrossFit and CrossFit Houston hosted a Spring Challenge competition. The competition consisted of 3 WOD’s detailed below. There were over 60 competitors from all over including all the Houston affiliates as well as garage CrossFitters. It was a fun yet grueling day. What a great event! Special thanks to Lisa and Carlos of CrossFit Houston and Vic of Bayou City CrossFit for putting on the event. It was well run and a tough test. Also thanks to Grace of Atomic CrossFit for taking the pictures.
See the slide show for some pictures click the link: CrossFit West Houson Slideshow
1st WOD @ Bayou City CrossFit
Standard Div
5 Rounds for time
5 Thrusters 135lb Men; 95lb Women
10 Box Jump Burpees
Scaled div weight 95lb Men; 65lb Women
2nd WOD @ Mason Park
1 mile Cross Country Run
3rd WOD @ CrossFit Houston
Standard Division
5 Rounds for time
5 Curtis “P” ‘s (Hang Squat Clean+Lunge Right+Lunge Left+Push Press = 1 Rep) Men’s 95lbs; Women’s 65lbs
10 Wall Shots Men’s 20lb;Women’s 14lbs
15 KB Swings Men’s 53 lb; Women’s 36lb
After 5 rounds 200m weighted run Men’s weight 1o0 lbs; Women’s 50 lbs
What a great event and tough test!
Rob’s times
1st WOD Standard Divison 9:34
2nd WOD Standard Div 7:07
3rd WOD Standard Div DNF. The cutoff was 18 minutes. Time was called at the Sandbag Run.
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One Comment to "Spring Challenge at Bayou City CrossFit and CrossFit Houston"
Grace says:
March 9, 2009 at 12:08 am -
Rob,
It was great to see you participate. Pretty soon, you’ll have some of your athletes joining in the fun WODs, too! If you don’t mind, I’m going to copy your pictures and post it under my local affiliates gathering photo collection. See you soon.