5/19/12 - Az Summer Scorcher II Strongman

5/19/12 - Az Summer Scorcher II Strongman
max axle clean & press- went 303, 323, fail @ 333
650 yoke + 750 chain drag medley (60sec) x 50ft each- finished yoke, died out 1/2 on drag
290lb husafell stone- 80ft
push/pull medley (60sec)- completed 545dl -> 115 monster db -> 645 trap bar 18" dl -> 130lb monster db before time ended
max atlas stone to 55" bar- 410x miss

overall 5th (I think)

Started the day pretty good. Got 2nd on the first event and the guy that beat me nailed a sweet 343. I went for 333 and missed it. It was there, just missed it. Next up was the yoke. Definitely not what I was expecting. It felt way heavier than I thought and was just brutal to move with it. Inexperience at its best. Finished the yoke and ran back for the chain. Got about 10 steps and my quads just locked up. I managed to push through another 10 seconds or so but dropped it about 3 seconds before time was up. Afterwards was the husafell. This was akward as shit. Picked it up, took 2 passes and dropped it. Again, inexperience. Next up was the push pull medley. I was a bit excited for this as I thought I would do well. The only thing I was uncertain about was the 150lb db.. but I was a bit nervous about all the dbs as I've never done a monster db before. Definitely a bit more akward than I thad thought. I hit the first deadlift of 545. Harder than expected, but pretty easy. Onto the 115lb db, cleaned it no problem. Pressed it but lost it, brought it back down and pressed it again. Onto the 645 18" trap bar deadlift. Slow to get it started but not too bad. Next up was the 130lb db. Same as the 115, missed the first try, slammed it the second. I went over to the 325lb sandbag load (52") and just as I was about to lap it I ran out of time. I think I got 4th in that event. Not what I wanted, but not terrible either. With all of that said, the last event was the atlas stones. It was Wessels rules on the stones and I knew that everyone was going to open with the 360lb stone. I was sitting at 5th going into it so I decided to take a chance and open with the 410lb stone. If I got the stone, it would give me the points I needed to possible get 3rd overall, but if I missed it... well I'm already in 5th, it's not like it matters.. haha. So I tried to stay nice and warmed up while everyone else was taking their attempts. Finally I was up. I lapped the stone, got a really good grip on it and started pushing. I got the stone up about as high as I thought I needed and started to push it forward when I clipped the bar with the bottom of the stone. Stone started coming back and I just didn't have the juice to save it. Oh well. Almost only counts in horse-shoes and hand grenades. haha.

meh, not happy with my performance, but considering I practiced a 530 yoke once and an axle c&p once, I can't be too disappointed. You get out of it what you put into it and I did just that. No excuses, I was ill-prepared. I did have fun though.

Back to the grind.