You had to know it would be EPIC

May 23rd, 2010, by Jennie

Bill is kind of awesome; am I right? He is quite possibly the most amazing man on the entire planet. I will admit that my opinion is slightly biased, but this is MY BLOG, so  you're forced to see my opinions every day. :-) Yesterday was Bill's 29th birthday. Happy Birthday Wild Bill! In honor of his birthday he put together a Team Saturday of EPIC proportions! We did the following in teams of 9 or 10:

290 wall ball shots
290 burpees
290 sledge hammer hits
290 calories on the rower
290 double unders
One trip around the building flipping the BIG tires.

The movements could be completed in any order, with the exception of the tire flips. Those had to be done once everything else was complete. There were several different team strategies, but it seemed to make the most sense to have someone on the rower at all times. Have you ever tried to row 290 calories? It's a LOT. Sheesh, THAT'LL make you re-think the 290 calorie brownie.

I think it's great that you even planned it perfectly so there were 29 participants in the workout. You guys are so thoughtful!

Winner winner chicken dinner!

If you thought the turnout for the workout was good, you should have seen how many people came for breakfast! Trish was there - she is going to be delivering those twins in a week and a half. Good luck Trish! We miss you! Leslie and Mya also strolled in. Mya has the BEST baby hair in the world. I think I sniffed it 11 times. We got to meet Brandon Harvey's family, and his girls are totally future CrossFitters. They were doing pull-ups! Thanks to everyone for coming and enjoying Bill's birthday breakfast. We plan on scheduling a Paleo Pancake breakfast some time in July. And yes, there will definitely be BACON!

Show us those muscles!

mmm....eggs....

Category: CrossFit

10 Responses to "You had to know it would be EPIC"

  • Tricia
    May 23, 2010, 8:54 pm

    It was great to see everyone yesterday!! Looking forward to showing the babies off soon! :) Ready to get back in to the Fort and get my body back!!!

  • Pete Ras
    May 23, 2010, 9:49 pm

    Looks like I missed a good one. Happy Birthday Bill.

    * note to self Bill's bday WOD'S are insane!!!!

  • Brian
    May 23, 2010, 11:36 pm

    Best part about the picture of us all flexing: Phoenix looking up at us as if to say, "You humans have completely lost your damn fool minds!"

  • zach
    May 24, 2010, 2:32 pm

    I think we need to re-WOD that TSC...

    SOME teams were using multiple Wall Ball targets... Who knows what other types of shenanigans were taking place.

    I think that for every team there should be one score keeper that solely focuses on keeping track of the numbers and makes sure people follow the rules.

    I the redo day I volunteer to be THAT guy for my team. Agreed?

  • Dad
    May 25, 2010, 5:21 pm

    Zach,

    Spoken as if you were a member of the Chicago Cubs. For your information and future edification TEAM UNO was crowned CHAMPIONS of "Bill's Birfday Bonanza" because we busted our collective ASSES!!!!!!! not because we cheated. I wonder if the real issue isn't just how it bugs the crap out of you that the team with a couple of guys getting a little long in the tooth whipped your team by 4minutes 8 seconds (-:

    I'm all for competition, challenges and I JUST LOVE TO WIN. So after you wipe away the tears go ahead and get the teams together for round two. Oh and by the way TEAM UNO will beat your ass by 10 minutes. That will be something to CRY about Boo Hoo (-:

    dad

  • zach
    May 26, 2010, 8:40 am

    Dad,

    Guilty conscious? I didn't call any teams out. I'll be the first to admit: even Team Tres was not following the rules.

    Zach not-a-cubs-fan mitchell

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