UPDATED: Crossfit Open

There are 5 weeks in the Crossfit Open, which is open for every athlete to participate in.  They give you a choice to participate as an Rx athlete or a scaled athlete.  You can choose week by week which way you want to go.  You get a better ranking if you participate Rx, of course, but you're still on the board as a scaled athlete.  

Four weeks have passed already.  I have Rx'd two of the four, and scaled the other two.  I don't think I've ever Rx'd more than one Open WOD per year before.  

18.1 was Toes to bar, dumbell clean and jerk and a row.  I scaled that one, so instead of toes to bar, I did knee raises.  I didn't do them well.  I have some work to do there.  

18.2 was dumbbell squats and bar facing burpees.  I was able to Rx this one.  I was sort of surprised at how far I got.  I do burpees, kind of ... messy.  I hurl myself at the floor and climb back up.  The standard to Rx was to jump your feet out and then back in, rather than stepping up.  I totally did it.  Slow, but I did it!  

18.3 was a LOT of double unders, Overhead squats, more jumping rope (dubs), ring muscle ups, dubs, dumbbell snatch, dubs, then bar muscle ups.  That is the Rx.  Scaled was single unders, less weight on the OH squat, singles, chest to bar pull ups, etc...  I scaled this one first, because I haven't done a chest to bar pull up before and I figured if I'm going to get it soon, this would be when.  I wasn't even close, but I spent 10 minutes in the WOD trying my best.  I redid this one Rx.  I'd be stuck at the same place, because I can easily squat the 90 pound bar, and can chip through dubs.  I'm glad I did.  I scored in the top half of the gym! 

18.4 was a heavy deadlift, and handstand pushups.  The WOD was a benchmark WOD called Diane, followed by a Heavy Diane.  If you got through the first set, you got to do it again, heavier and instead of HSPU, you got to walk on your hands.  Scaled had lighter deadlifts and hand release pushups.  Instead of handstand walks it was a bear crawl.  I didn't Rx this one because I haven't ever got a strict hand release push up before.  I did 26 of them in this workout!  Not speedy, but I've never done it before so it's pretty cool.  

There is one more WOD left.  I'll try to remember to update this to fill in that blank next week.  It is announced on Thursday night.  No one has any idea what is in store this week.  History tells us that it should be thrusters and be a task priority WOD (no time cap), but the Open is very different this year and that could just be out the window.  

So far, I'm damn proud of what I've done.  I'm feeling good and I'm setting goals again. It feels good to feel good.  (I also did a weightlifiting competition this weekend.  It was a learning experience. I'll write about it a little later).

UPDATE:  18.5 was a repeat from 2011.  Scaled was 3 thrusters at 45# then 3 jumping chin over bar pullups.  Then 6 of each, then 9, 12, 15, etc.  for 7 minutes.  I scaled (RX was 65# - which I have - and chest to bar pull ups - which I've already proven I can't get during this Open, so I scaled). I got 5 reps into the round of 15.  Which is further than I expected!  I didn't hate this WOD.  I'd do it again, happily.