The art of competing... and still maintaining your new friendships

I am participating in an in house Cross Fit throwdown/competition this Saturday.

I am completely petrified.

There are 4 workouts scheduled, 3 of which have been detailed for us already.

They are:

1. 15 minutes to find your 2 rep max thruster
2. For time: 30 front squats at 83 lbs, followed by an 800m run (or in my case, an 800m row) (demo here: http://vimeo.com/74785256) 
3. For time: (demo here: http://vimeo.com/74500403) 
1. 24 24kg KB swings, 12 lateral jump burpees, 12 knees to elbows
2. 18 24kg KB swings, 9 lateral jump burpees, 9 knees to elbows
3. 12 24kg KB swings, 6 lateral jump burpees, 6 knees to elbows
4. We have bets on what the fourth will be. Most likely some sort of carry (suitcase, farmers, goblet, or double rack carry), as heavy as you can for as far as you can go.

I am not petrified for the reasons that you might think; I'm not worried about not finishing, or pooping myself, or anything of that sort. I am worried that my perfectionist tendencies will get the better of me and I'll get really upset if I don't crush everyone in my path. I've only been doing this for about 3 months. 2 if you don't count Elements, and I know, I know, I KNOW how I get when things get competitive. You're talking to the girl who as an 8 year old would throw down her mini golf club if she wasn't winning and declare everything about the game stupid. This runs deep kids, very deep. 

I have a new bud, Tori, who expressed similar worries to me this week. We decided that we are going to keep each other's attitudes in check and get in each other's face should we start to take this way too seriously, and that finishing is what matters. It's about accomplishing all of these things in under a 4 hour period, not necessarily where we place, though I've already decided that I am going for broke on the thrusters. Sorry I'm not sorry. 

The funny part about this is that Tori and I are the same sign (Scorpioooo) and I feel like I intrinsically understand her on a metaphysical level. I usually don't believe too much in all that astrological stuff, but I see parts of myself in people who have birthdays relatively close to mine. I also can tell when someone is a Leo, a Cancer, or a Pisces. It's just about personality and chemistry. I can just tell. 

So that being said, I am hoping that I can get through this throwdown without throwing a temper tantrum and/or falling over and smashing my face on a kettle bell. Or someone else's face with a kettle bell.