Heartbreak
“That’s why we do what we do” I love my adventures to the cross fit gym. For me it is fun to learn new skills and build my mental and physical fitness. A few weeks ago I witnessed a very impressive episode of heartbreak. The Crossfit games are in full swing. One of the competitors needed to do the recommended workout of the day knowing he would have to complete the whole workout to remain competitive. The workout was hard. It was similar to compressing all the uncomfortableness of a 70.3 race into 12 minutes. This nice man started to struggle about 9 minutes into the workout, and with a few seconds remaining had to do a single heavy lift. The clock ticked down to 20 seconds remaining and he started the lift. He almost made the first lift but failed. He tried it again and was not even close! The third time he went as hard as he could and almost had the weight up..struggling...and the clock strikes zero. Game over. No completed lift. Ouch! That was painful to watch. Wh