competition

well it was a good day yesterday.

let me tell you the gym was amazing. warehouse gym that does crossfit, strongman, and mma. easy to find and surprisingly a great venue! nothing can be said but thanks to Dave Beers, Wayne Meyer, The Training Box, Tom Mitchell and all the competitors for a great day!
friday i go down there early and weighed in. was standing in parking lot stripped down to my underwear just to make weight...231.5 have to say i hate cutting weight. the trip down was horrible and waiting around unbearable. thanks to my friend for putting up with me.
after that i headed to mcdonalds for 2 cheeseburgers, 2 mcchickens, 2 mcribs, large fries, large coke, and large iced coffee. later there was a dinner for the competitors at a bbq place called MacDaddys, conveniently next to the hotel i was staying at. good food there! caught up with another competitor i have not seen in awhile, Master competitior Wayne Meyer.

saturday started off with a trip to Fort Myers beach....very cool. wish i had more time to hang around. off to the comp....what a crowd we had there. was nice to have the amount of people there watching. Bob Chicirello showed up to MC the show. good amount of competitiors...3 women, 4 masters, ton of novice, 4 lights, 4 middles...boo friday there were only 2 of us....2 heavies. 
the events went quick and other than a misloaded axle for the masters things were tight. 
the axle, trap bar dead, and farmers hold were inside the gym. tire flip and stones were done outside. thankfully because by that time of the day the gym got sauna-like and sweat sock smelly! 
most of the classes were half to a full point separating the 1st and 2nd places. intenses and brutal....but the heavies were the attraction. ended in a complete tie. went to a tie breaking event, viking press. came down to 16 reps versus 15 reps....with 310lbs! amazing competitors, one of the guys was already missing a callous. 


for the curious...it was PR's all day for me. 230 axle for 7 reps, 450 trap bar dead for 16 reps, farmers hold 250 each hand 45 seconds, 750 tire 22 seconds, 280 stone 7 reps.