Saturday 8th October was the first internal CrossFit competition at 3D for a while. There may or may not have been a technical glitch that led to the wrong team taking the no 1 spot (more on that later) but, nevertheless, everyone that came absolutely killed it and sweat their way through three gruelling competitive WODs.
Team Work
The day kicked off about 9am with members wandering in ready for the onslaught. 57 members took part in total and were put into teams of mixed abilities. The reason we love an internal competition at CrossFit 3D is that although, yes there’s a competitive edge to it, it brings all of our members together to have fun. We mix different abilities to make it fair and to demonstrate that every WOD can be scaled for every team member. There’s no side-eyes if you can’t lift as heavy as everyone else in the room.
It’s CrossFit, so obviously there was a lot of friendly rivalry across the gym floor. Team members were motivated to beat their mates and the competitive atmosphere kept everyone going throughout the day. That, and plenty of coffee and free Krispy Kreme donuts.
It was belting seeing everyone cheer on their own team, or even other teams, when anyone was flagging. All the members really got stuck into the spirit of what a CrossFit competition is about and reminded us what a solid community we have here at 3D.
And the CrossFit Competition winners were…
So about that technical glitch. We used Boxmate’s software to log the workouts and determine the winners, which completely let us down and didn’t do its job properly. The Top 5 teams we announced on the day weren’t right, but they still got their moment of glory on the podium so let’s not dwell on it!
A good old spreadsheet saved the day and we were able to crown the actual winners who were (drum roll) …
Kate, Phil and Tim
Here’s a nosy at the full and final list.
We’d take this opportunity to say something cheesy like ‘everyone was a winner’ but, let’s be honest, that’s a lie. Genuinely though, we are incredibly grateful to all of our CrossFit members who took part and those that popped by to cheer us all on. We enjoyed every minute of the internal competition and promise we won’t leave it so long until the next one.
Start preparing now and get your next class booked.