Life continued on in CrossFit land, and as I gained more confidence in myself as an athlete, I decided to take the plunge and signed up for my first CrossFit competition, the CrossFit Open, in February through March 2018. Once a week, for five weeks, you were judged on one grueling workout. I overcame the fear of competing in public, I PR-ed my deadlift, I did 24 pull-ups (when I previously had only been able to do two), and the greatest part was watching my family, especially my daughter, cheering me on from the sidelines.