Success: Family Game Day, the First

Coach Sprite was inspired to create a new summer class for all the Empower families, a game day in the park. Whenever you go out on a limb to try something new, you never know how it will turn out. Does anyone even want this? Will anyone turn up? At 10 to 2 Saturday afternoon, sitting alone in Almond Park I’m sure Sprite was wondering if it was all a mistake. But then they started to arrive.

HeeHee & I were first as we live nearby. Sandman & Silk arrived next with their 4 kids. Then Shine with one of her 3 boys plus his friend. Fierce & Menace rode up with their troop of 4. And finally Pepper & Iron Man with Fury. So 16 total. Not bad for our first Game Day!

First we did a warm up and a couple Tabatas to prep us for the main event: Capture the Flag! Dads & Seb vs everyone else. We won the first and third game but even Sandman’s appeals to the ref could not save us in the other 3 games. But defeat just fuels our fire and we’re looking forward to avenging our loss next Saturday whatever next week’s game may be.

And if you’re wondering why I was there even though I have no small children to play along, I must admit to an ulterior motive. You see, Game Day is part of my training strategy. Running is one of my CrossFit weaknesses. To be a better competitor I need to be practicing my running and that would be fine if I actually enjoyed running, but I don’t. I do however enjoy games. And I’ve found whether it’s a simple game of tag or teams of capture the flag, the kids really work me hard. I’m running hard and I don’t even notice it. And isn’t that what this is all about anyhow? An active lifestyle filled with community, fresh air and play. Who says training has to be a grind?

Sunday Make Up Day Choices:

5 rnds 3 mins on 3 mins off
10 front squats 185/125
10 box jumps 36/30
Max cal row