Sunday Story…2023 CrossFit Games Recap VIII

 

The Final Day

Only 2 workouts today…Endure the Coliseum and Final Positions. Endure the Coliseum is all about the machines…50 Calories each of Ski erg, Echo bike. Ski Erg, Concept 2 bike with 75 double unders sandwiched in the middle and at the end. It’s an 18-minute grinder. But remember that whole tactical error thing that has plagued me the entire week? Well, I did it again.

I got through the first set of double unders well. Not great but OK. I hit the second ski and I’m tired but I (wrongly) think it’s a 15-minute time cap instead of 18! Why I have no idea. I get off the ski at about 12:30-13 minutes and think I need to go full send on the C2 bike. So, I do. I am crushing that thing! Somewhere around 14:30, I realize I haven’t heard the announcer saying anything about how much time is left. And it dawns on me, that I still have 3 minutes to go, and I am running out of gas! No choice but to hang on. I grab my rope to do the last set of doubles, but time is almost out and so am I! I manage 26 or so double before I get time capped. I can’t believe I made a bonehead error like that. But it is what it is. 7^th place.

The last event I am excited about is 10 bar muscle-ups and 45 dumbbell snatches. There’s a 6-minute time cap. I’ve been working hard on my BMU, and I fully expect to knock out 5-7 right away. Alas, it is not to be. I got a no-rep on my 3^rd one. Normally a no-rep is no big deal but for some reason, this one really knocks my beak in the dirt. I get off the bar and after that, it is a struggle to get one. My mount on the bar isn’t working and I am struggling to get 1 at a time. It is super frustrating, and I am losing my cool all over the field. Somehow, I managed to get the 10^th one (the crowd went wild by the way!). But about 5:30 has gone by so I only get about 12 snatches in. I got 5^th on this one but that’s a small consolation since I really expected to finish higher.

Next week will be the last recap on the 2023 games. Stay tuned!

 

John Mariotti

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