Yesterday, 306 had 28 athletes competing in the Cast Iron Classic - team competition. It was quite the day...for some a first competition, but for all, a chance to come together as a community to train hard and suport each other. It was a new experience for me, having the opportunity to compete in a local competition. I thought that the competition was well put together and I was so impressed with ALL of our athletes, from how they competed to how they mingled with fellow crossfitters. Everyone went in to each WOD and pushed to their limits, no one gave up. Coming out of the first WOD, people PR'd on their back squats - some doing their 1RM for 3! We had 3 teams make it to the finals - Top Sirloin in the Brute division and Parker's Revenge and the Barbarians in the Beast Division. Top Sirloin pushed hard and took 1st place in the Brute division for the day. Way to go Beth, LT, Kourtney and Clint!! You guys pushed hard and smiled the whole way through. Parker's Revenge took 4th overall and the Barbarians took 6th place. It was incredible to watch Ty and Jason back squat 425 pounds for 3!
In the Brute division - Sweaty Wall Balls (Mike Letendre, AJ, Jac and Holly) missed the final by 1 point and finished 8th overall, Team Sveinbjornson finished in 10th (Chelsea, Stephan, Steven and Cassandra) - Chelsea started off with a very impressive 240 Back Squat for 3! Cast Iron Killa took 21st, Four Play took 28th - and way to go guys, with a last minute sub due to injury and illness with first time competitors, you guys gave everything you had and pushed through everything, way to go Devon, Clay, Heather and Megan! Team Secure finished in 37th.
Here is what I loved about the day...first of all, as an athlete, I had the most amazing team. I have had the pleasure of training with and becoming friends with Ty, Viki, and Aaron over the past couple years. Always supportive and helping us to push to our limits - Thank you for a great day & truly being an example of teamwork! I am sure that each of you have similar feelings for your teammates. As a coach and affiliate owner, I couldn't have been more proud of how each and every athlete and fan conducted themselves. There were pep talks, good luck and way to go high-fives, laughs, smiles throughout the day. 306 really has grown into a family over the past couple years.
After the day was done, a number of people went for dinner and then to the after party at Winston's. This is always such a great time. There is nothing better than siiting back, sharing a drink or 2, stories of the day and a lot of laughs with friends. It gives us a chance to mix and mingle with athletes from other gyms and come together as a greater community. Thank you to Lana for bringing your table and working on the athletes - you saved me after WOD #2! Thank you to Chad and Val and all the people at Synergy who put on a great event. It was a ton of fun and I am sure that we will have even more participating next year.