I promised an update, sorry this will be short it is 11pm and I need to be up at 6am after working out 5 times today and another three tomorrow.
I placed 72nd in the first run, my calves cramped up, I fell down a bunch of times and bear crawled through poison oak. Overall, one hell of a shitty event
I tied for first for the Deadlifts PRing with #505, this brought me up to 36th place
I placed well in the next event which was a hill run with sandbags, this brought me up to 28th
The next event was the sledgehammer event which I also did well at, this brought me up to 18th
The last workout I set the best time for which brought me up to 12th allowing me to compete tomorrow.
For more information please visit: http://games2009.crossfit.com/
Tomorrow's workouts start at 8:00am, only 16 men and 16 women qualified for this.
Overall, one hell of a day!!!! 72nd to 12th, I'm pretty happy with that!
hell yea good shit Jason!
Posted by: Gary | July 12, 2009 at 12:10 AM
God Jason awesome work! You are truly a freakin' inspiration! It's your mental toughness more than anything else. Looking forward to seeing you again after your honeymoon.
Posted by: Matt | July 12, 2009 at 02:39 AM
Come on Jason, pull it through!
Posted by: huey | July 12, 2009 at 02:53 AM
BEAST MODE!
Posted by: Jesus | July 12, 2009 at 05:26 AM
Jason you're the man! Wish I could be there, kick ass and bring it home!
Posted by: Danny | July 12, 2009 at 09:58 AM
Jason your a true champ, kick ass today!!!
Posted by: smita | July 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Wish I could have been there Jason! Wish you the best of luck today man. Hope to see you soon.
Posted by: David Alcaraz | July 12, 2009 at 11:09 AM
good shit jason. good luck today!!!
martin
Posted by: martin | July 12, 2009 at 12:15 PM
72nd to 12th -- that's totally awesome Jason! It was really great watching you compete, and agree, you are an inspiration, both your mental and physical strength. Congratulations on day 1 and I'll be rooting for you from home on Sunday. Awesome!
Posted by: Grace Tai | July 12, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Congrats Jason, I'm keeping an update on Crossfitgames.com and you're tied for 2nd place going into the 7th WOD. It's all yours! Keep working!
Posted by: Brian W. | July 12, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Jason great, inspiring, mind-blowing work after the first event to come up sooooo many places! I had CF Twitter and the 2009 games site on autorefresh. The fact that you kept pushing after a suboptimal performance on the first event, didn't let it get you down and maintained your mental toughness makes you a f*cking warrior in my eyes.
All the physicality aside, the mental aspect of your fitness makes you one tough MFer.
Posted by: Matt | July 12, 2009 at 05:45 PM
Jason - congrats on the top 5 finish!!! Amazing.
Posted by: martin | July 12, 2009 at 07:16 PM
Jason, it was truly inspirational watching you the past couple days, great work! Getting in the top two spots in 5 of 8 events, that is incredible!!
Posted by: Oscar from Unlimited | July 12, 2009 at 09:20 PM
Jason, these Games were presented as the battle of training methods, and I think it is clear that you and Austin hit the target dead-on. I imagine you'll be investigating the cause of the horrible cramps that you got during the run (which would have knocked anyone but you out of the competition, I think), but your recovery from that and your subsequently superb performances in every single WOD speak volumes.
Also, your philosophy of training what you suck at paid off big time - I thought those toes-to-bar would set you back, and they did a little bit, but not much!
Thank you for being not just an awe-inspiring competitor, but also an outstanding coach, and if I can presume to say this, a wonderful friend.
Posted by: cynthiaJ in Sunnyvale | July 13, 2009 at 06:41 PM