FRIDAY 261018

Victoria

5 rounds for time of:

10 thrusters, 43/30kg

14 box jumps, 24/20″

12 sumo-deadlift high pulls, 43/30kg

12 burpees

27 kettlebell swings, 24/16kg

Victoria Soto was one of the teachers killed while attempting to shield her students in the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting (Newtown, CT, USA) on December 14, 2012. She was a Crossfitter.

The significance of the reps: She was a teacher for 5 years; the tragedy happened in room 10 on 12/14/12; and her life got cut short at the age of 27.

The workout was initially posted on Facebook by MyBoxLive with a call to athletes to do the workout in her memory on December 29, 2012 at their local boxes. The event creator posted the WOD with this comment: “I’m a teacher myself, and I felt helpless when I was sitting in my own classroom hearing the news that children and teachers were murdered. I looked at my students and couldn’t help but think what if…I can only hope that I would have the courage to do what Victoria did.”