dora the explorer: open prep throwdown

i was asked by mary c if i wanted to be her partner in the open prep throwdown in mississauga last week. 'only if you drive', i said, 'it's south of 7.' and with a very strange look she agreed to the terms. so braving the stoopid snowstorm on thursday night, we made our way to the mighty one's gym for a 7:00 start. grabbing fig as our judge, we got ready for the first wod - 10:00 to find our 10 rep max deadlift. mary had previously reached 105, a little nervous to go higher because of a back injury. she stepped it up considerably though and pr'd with 135lbs!

i had done 195 before, and was quite happy to reach 205. with under a minute to go, kathy convinced me to try 210. SUCCESS! a new 10 rep max! thanks kathy!

the second wod was pretty gross! an 8:00 AMRAP with the two of us doing rounds of 6 power cleans, 12 burpees over bar (barf) and 12 wallballs. again, we recruited fig as our judge!

the final wod had us alternating between a 300m row, 15 thrusters (barf again) and kettlebells swings for 6:00. this one wasn't too bad, except for the thrusters of course, and i would have liked it to be longer ...

stoopid rowing!

and why is it almost every pic i have of me and the mighty one, he's yelling at me?! stoopid thrusters!!

a job well done rookie! great having you as a partner!

and here are a few pics i stole from the cfm website. honored to be in the company of such amazing ladies - sarah, tania and kathy!

my buddy kim ...

judge sara - i want to be strong like her when i grow up ...

the bad one ...

great to see her competing again!

thomas and to-nay ...

'figstina' ...

horizontal burpee masters anthony and dave ...

bar muscle ups! jeezuz!

4 wicked snatch shots - jason I ...

his partner anthony ...

to-nay ...

and thomas ...

and it wouldn't be complete without a pic of father jimmy - mmmmm - too bad he has his shirt on ...

mary c and toni (with an i) ...

thanks everyone - that was fun!

despite winter being relentless this year, i am trying to make the best of it. my 'speed' work has been temporarily put on hold - trails are okay but in no condition to run 'fast', and i refuse to run on the road - sign of the devil - sorry D ! and can you blame me - the forest is soooo pretty ...