First off, this was by far the best run and organized competition I have been to. Everything moved quickly and efficiently. The venue was great (it was nice being inside and staying out of the sun all day), and the weather turned out to be just about perfect.
250 Log for Reps
I ended up with 7 reps. I needed 6 to win the 265's and figured it wasn't worth wasting energy to get to 13 to win the MW on this event. These all went up easy and felt good.
280 Farmers Walk, 700 Pound Tire Flip Medley
around 60' each way.
I believe I finished in 49.xx seconds. I know it was right around 50. The farmers handles were awkward for me to move with so that definitely slowed me down. The time was good enough for 1st in the 265's and 1st in MW.
Car Deadlift
Here was another event where I had a huge advantage being the last to go in my weight group and division. I had to get 15 for the win in the 265's and 17 for the win in MW. I got to 17 and set it down. I had more in me, but again there was no need to waste energy. 1st in the 265's and MW.
Truck Pull
50' course
I'm not sure how much it weighed, but it was a garbage truck and I'm pretty sure ET said it weighed something over 30,000 pounds. I finished just under 40 seconds. It was good enough for first in the 265's and MW again.
Stone Series
up to 360
There was something very very odd with these stones. I loaded the first 3 in 18 second which got me 1st in the 265's and MW, but there is no reason that I shouldn't have finished a series like this. The 270 stone felt like it weighed closer to 350, and was definitely harder to load than the 310 stone. I got to the second to last stone which I think was 330 and it was covered in dirt and so I lost anything my tacky was giving me and my forearm sleeve slipped down. I just couldn't grip it and stopped knowing I had the win.
I couldn't have asked for a better performance, and was very lucky to have the advantage of going last on events. I ended up winning all 5 events in the 265 pound class and 4 of 5 in the middle weight division.
Thanks again to ET, Conan, and everyone else that helped out. The raffle and prize packages were awesome and I came home with a ton of great stuff.
It was also nice to meet more people in the strongman community and see some familiar faces.
The link below is my video of the competition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSQ2d8GVPZ4
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