NorCal Masters Comp: Coach Hillary's Highlights!

Next up on the highlights update from this past weekend's NorCal Masters Competition: Coach Hillary!

As expected based on her years of experience as a National Champion rugby player, CrossFit Regionals Team athlete, multiple-time National-level Olympic Weightlifting competitor, and high-level collegiate rower, Hillary was a model of calm, cool, and collected consistency during the entire weekend of competition.  Of the eight total scored events she had five Top-10 finishes, and only one finish outside of the top half of the field of competitors.  Her best events were two 4th place finishes in the Thruster 4RM and Row/Rest/Row workouts (shocker LOL).

Her determination and competition savvy was most on display during the thruster/burpee couplet (many of you felt that wonderful piece of fitness on Tuesday in class) and the shuttle run/swing/pull-up triplet.  In the former she gave some of the hotshot competitors a bit of a lesson on pacing by keeping a methodical pace for most of the 8 minutes, followed by a gutsy series of cluster singles in fast succession near the end (at the point of exhaustion), and in the latter workout she pushed the pace near the final minutes with negative split-times, passing several athletes along the way and nearly catching the group competing for the overall win.  All the while Hillary moved well, kept her transitions clean & concise, and overall looked like a complete pro in a sea of more than occasional sketchy-ness (scary stuff!).

And, of course, it goes without saying that Hillary spent most of the weekend of competition looking after others, helping the AR competitors (and cheering them on), worrying about the comfort of the supporters that came to watch the AR crew, and generally being her awesome selfless self.

I think Sarah said it best to me when we were driving home on Sunday night: "she's so reluctantly fit" with emphasis on the so fit part. It was really fun to watch her crush it, especially knowing that a big part of her heart is much more invested in the coaching side of the equation these days.

Well done, Hill!

WOD For 01-31-18:

Alternating EMOM For 5 Rounds (25 Minutes):

1) 21/15 Calorie Row

2) 40ft Dumbbell Goblet Walking Lunges @ pick load

3) 15 Toes-to-Bar

4) 200m Run

5) Rest

Hold the row calories and TTB reps for as many rounds as you're able (if you drop then maintain the highest possible number for both). If the TTB are easy for you then do them unbroken.

Want to up the intensity? Run faster.