By mommie2zs in CrossFit, Buds, Rochester — 17 Mar 2026

26.3 Is Complete!

Weights for Buds were 75# and 95#. He did not expect to get to the final round weight of 115#.

The cough is mostly gone, and Buds was feeling much more like himself, but after 3 weeks without regular cardio workouts, how was this very cardio-heavy workout going to feel?

We've got our answer and it was...better than 26.1 when he was still really sick; better than 26.2, when he was still sick, but not by much. He actually did a fantastic job considering his lungs are still recovering, but as he lamented in the van on the way home, "Each burpee at the end gains you about 50 spots on the leaderboard, so 2 more burpees would have felt much more comfortable."

He ended up with 171 reps, which is fantastic, and this workout was his highest placement of all three, at least so far. People have until later today to post their scores, so we won't know until tonight if he's met his goal of scoring in the top 25% necessary to move on to the quarterfinals. Fingers crossed, but regardless, I was so proud of how he worked through this workout.

These weights were easy for Buds, there were just so many burpees.