Pic of me at combat challenge

W.O.D.'S that need to be posted!

Ok I need to post a bunch of wod's (workout of the day) stats so that I can keep myself intuned with my progression, however slight it may be!

June 30/06 did "Cindy" (all crossfit workouts are named after chicks, which are named after hurricanes because of the violent force of the workout!)
did my CFWU (crossfit warmup)
did 9 rounds of Cindy (5 pull ups, 10 push ups, 15 squats) in 20 mins. felt like meeting pukie the clown (aka throw up)

July 15th, 2006 -big gap I know but I have been working out at school so what up with that!
did:
ran 800m (the driveway at my cottage, ton-o-hills)
100 situps, navy style
100 goodmornings, which were my sub for back extensions
ran 800m (the driveway, but took my dog Zoey with me, she made it more challenging and kept trying to run into the woods or chase squirrels!)
Total time: 30min

July 17/06
Did "Fran"
CFWU, 2X10
3 rounds of 21,15,9 REPS of 35 lb. (70lb total) dumbbell thrusters followed by pullups on gravitron with 60 lb assist. Reversed between under hand and overhand grip on pullups.
Time 15 mins.
another pukie the clown day, almost

July 19, 06.
ran 5km loop on treadmill.
1% incline, level 5 then level 6 halfway through
31 min time to complete.

July 24/06.
ran riverside trail up and around 401 hill (then walked for 1min) and back to my hiz-ouse.
I think its about 5km, took me 27 min.

July 25/06.
had a 5km run test today in fitness class. I sucked ass at running as always. It took me 27 min and 33 secs, which scored me an unimpressive 6/10. One guy in class did it in 20 min. he is in a bit better shape than me or doesn't have the molson muscle around his waist that I do.

Okay internet I know that was an exciting post, but now I am up to date on my WOD's!

Quinte West Combat Challenge!

Hello Internet,
This past Saturday in the beautiful town of Quinte west me and my team of Fleming Pre-Service Firefighters competed in the Firefit Combat Challenge. The day started off with opening ceremonies of Jets flying overhead and skydivers/parachute guys bring in a Canadian flag, courtesy of CFB Trenton. Then we got underway. I was slated to go #61 competitor in the programs and number 1 in the fans hearts. I raced against a firefighter from Whitewater Beachburg, which is near Pembroke area. It was his second competition. In practice my Personal Best time was 2:41 which I was hoping to get. Basically anything under three minutes would qualify for the Canadian Nationals in Niagara Falls.
The course started with a "ready, go!" no time for a set command I guess. I took off very slowly up the stairs with a hose pack on my shoulder, trying to conserve my energy. I got to the top of the 5 storey tower and slammed the hose bundle into the basket. Then I reached over the side of the rail and started hoisting up the hose roll on the rope. Hand over hand, but I screwed it up because the rope was getting infront of me instead of behind me. Anyways I got the hose roll up, slammed it into the basket and took off down the stairs in a hurry making sure to hit every step on the way down to avoid a 2 sec penalty. I got the bottom and then was directed by the referee on course to hit the forcible entry machine (basically moving a weight with a sledge hammer, under neath, between my legs). Ten hits later (or so?) I moved the target weight far enough and the ref told me to go run through the obstacle course and grab the charged (that means it has water in it for any non-firefighters out there) hose line. And also by "run through the obstacle course" I mean jog slowly through, because I was feeling pretty gased at this point and really sucking the air out of my Scott NXG2 airpack. I got to the hose, heaved it up on my shoulder and pulled to the target. I wasn't used to opening up the nozzle and hitting the target, so I lost some seconds there. But I hit the target, closed the bale and dropped the hose. Now was the last/hardest part of the course, the dummy drag. The dummy weighs 175lbs, and I am wearing about 75 lbs. of gear already and I have also done 7 other events before getting to old rescue randy (as they call him), so I was pretty wiped but still had a good lead on my competitor. But I was racing the clock not him, so with a good hold on the ole' dummy I heaved him up with arms wrapped around his midsection and then bam! I started to run backwards with him. And of course by run I mean jog backwards slowly. I got about half way towards the finish line with the ref saying I was almost there and to keep going. I checked the clock that I could see up at the tower. Oh baby I was ahead of my time and on course for a PB. Then I got pulling back a bit much and my legs, which were pretty dead at the time, didn't want to stay under my body and falling back asswards I went. Damn! I got up, breathing and panting pretty hard, almost in heart attack range, and propped up rescue randy for another grab and drag. I got him up and started to walk backwards again, about 2 secs later, which felt like 2 hours, I crossed the finished line and had people there helping to rip off my breathing apparatus and jacket, etc. Then off to the recovery tent for some slow sips of water and many ice cold towels placed on my head and wrists and neck. I heard the annoucer say my time was...Wait for it...."2:47!" Well it wasn't a PB and it didn't win the event (I think the guy who won got about 1:20 or something) but it was good enough to qualify for the Canadian Nationals! Niagara falls here I come and hell's coming with me.
That night I got drunk and watched the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Pretty good day really.