Just having some breakfast with the Taranis crew :)
We have Burrito wearing her baggy clothing... Reebok didn't update our team sizes so they are doing some alterations to her team uniform.
Wasabi is eating fruit loops. Apparently they are organic, no pesticides, all natural food colouring and packed full of nutrients... Hahaha
Tuna is loooooving the bacon.
Horns is looking super cute in her new Fueled by Innate shirt.
PeeBs is now with us sporting his awesome hat and looking cute recovering from his night and flights.
Viper, looks awesome first thing in the morning... Who wakes up looking that great?? Key is this: pillow over the head and lights out early ;)
Prime and FroHawk are being a couple of smart ass punks in the corner seats. Big surprise!
Captain Boomtown is making sure we are all going to be sporting our hats today.
Focker has gone upstairs to make his self look pretty AND when can he workout today.
Chatty didn't have enough cream for her coffee cuz Boom used it all but she is still looking good ready to roll!
Chilly was an early bird on the breakfast, sipping her coffee and scouting out the other teams. Key in strategy!
DCOn and LuLu just went out the door with their gear and rolling cooler bag. Looking cute, ready and badass!
We are all heading off the Santa Monica Pier now to see what we can of the individual orientation.
It's looking to be a dynamite day!!
Sully
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Well, I'm sitting in Burrito and Fockers hotel room with Horns and Prime and we have just crushed an assortment of ice-cream, coconut cream and random bits of snacks.
Prime just told me I need to list everyone's choice of flavors:
Horns:Coconut Bliss, double dark chocolate...she feels sick... Too much!
Sully: coconut Bliss, coconut
At this point Burrito just finished painting her nails because Focker told her the old chipped crap was looking lame and messy... Back to ice-cream
Focker: Three Twins chocolate chip mint... "it organic so it's good for me!!!"
Burrito says "I would just like to point out that you can't actually have 3 twins"
Burrito: Haagendazs Coffee..."a happy medium between a coffee and too close to bedtime"
Prime: Ben and Jerrys Peanutbutter Brittle
Burrito would like to point she picked Primes ice-cream out and it was pretty much the best choice ever for him.
Tomorrow the fun really starts. Individuals get on the road at 5am.
Prime just told me I need to list everyone's choice of flavors:
Horns:Coconut Bliss, double dark chocolate...she feels sick... Too much!
Sully: coconut Bliss, coconut
At this point Burrito just finished painting her nails because Focker told her the old chipped crap was looking lame and messy... Back to ice-cream
Focker: Three Twins chocolate chip mint... "it organic so it's good for me!!!"
Burrito says "I would just like to point out that you can't actually have 3 twins"
Burrito: Haagendazs Coffee..."a happy medium between a coffee and too close to bedtime"
Prime: Ben and Jerrys Peanutbutter Brittle
Burrito would like to point she picked Primes ice-cream out and it was pretty much the best choice ever for him.
Tomorrow the fun really starts. Individuals get on the road at 5am.
Thoughts from the plane....
Here we go... Day 1 on our adventures in California at the 2011 CrossFit Games.
We are flying somewhere over the Oregon right now. I see beautiful coast line and a patchwork quilt of various growth/logging stages of ever green trees below me. I figure now would be a great chance to get a bit of a blog rolling along since I bought this little ipad I'm working on for the ease of just that, keeping the peeps at home up to date and with the latest Taranis happenings.
I'm incredibly excited for the weekend. I'm also a bit of a nervous wreck. I'm not an athlete stepping on the WOD floor. There is no pressure on me to preform in a physical capacity at all. In fact, unless I go to great lengths to make it happen, I probably won't get a WOD in for the next 6 days. So what are the nerves about? Well, I do have the honour of being the Team coach. My job to this point has been to schedule WOD times that work best for the athletes, have some t-shirts printed and with input and guidance from PeeBs and Prime I had to create "crushing" WODs to test the Team with. The goal was to help them glue as a group, learn more about each other as athletes and to throw at them a few random unexpected situations. I'm very thankful we made a pool WOD happen this past Friday! With the announcements from Games HQ that all the individual athletes would be performing a 25m swim proficiency test, it's natural to wonder if the team will have to do the same. I feel good knowing that everybody hit the pool and felt the suck fest that swimming can be. We also did a beach WOD one overcast Sunday afternoon a few weeks back. The tide was much higher than anticipated and the WOD layout and space had to change last minute. I was so happy to see that despite not really knowing what the next task was, they all adapted, moved and battled thru the WOD in the exact manner I have come to expect from this crew... With focus, determination and effort never less than 110% from anyone. I simply love watching these guys and gals WOD.
What about DCon and LuLu you might be asking?!? Have no fear about those two fierce women. They were also at the beach and pool, in fact, I believe both hit the pool on several occasions. Rest assured they WOD in the sand or in the water the same way they do when you see them in the box. Hard. Fast. Relentless.
So back to my nerves... What is to stress about now? Besides giving my opinion on WOD strategy, slapping hats and sunscreen on their heads and keep them hydrated, what can I do at this point? The fact that the people stepping out on to the WOD floor are more than a Team I spend time with, they are my friends, my family, my tribe. My heart soars for them in their victories and breaks for them in their defeats. We face these ups and down in the box weekly. Now it's time to put all the training to the test and as a person on the sidelines, while my physical out put pales in comparison, my emotional investment is out there with every athlete, every WOD. In the interest of some emotional filtering, I'm going to wrap this little blog up. I promise to to my best to maintain the information flow from inside the battle field here. Keep checking the games site for WOD updates and cheer as loud as you can, every little bit of energy helps!!
Sully
We are flying somewhere over the Oregon right now. I see beautiful coast line and a patchwork quilt of various growth/logging stages of ever green trees below me. I figure now would be a great chance to get a bit of a blog rolling along since I bought this little ipad I'm working on for the ease of just that, keeping the peeps at home up to date and with the latest Taranis happenings.
I'm incredibly excited for the weekend. I'm also a bit of a nervous wreck. I'm not an athlete stepping on the WOD floor. There is no pressure on me to preform in a physical capacity at all. In fact, unless I go to great lengths to make it happen, I probably won't get a WOD in for the next 6 days. So what are the nerves about? Well, I do have the honour of being the Team coach. My job to this point has been to schedule WOD times that work best for the athletes, have some t-shirts printed and with input and guidance from PeeBs and Prime I had to create "crushing" WODs to test the Team with. The goal was to help them glue as a group, learn more about each other as athletes and to throw at them a few random unexpected situations. I'm very thankful we made a pool WOD happen this past Friday! With the announcements from Games HQ that all the individual athletes would be performing a 25m swim proficiency test, it's natural to wonder if the team will have to do the same. I feel good knowing that everybody hit the pool and felt the suck fest that swimming can be. We also did a beach WOD one overcast Sunday afternoon a few weeks back. The tide was much higher than anticipated and the WOD layout and space had to change last minute. I was so happy to see that despite not really knowing what the next task was, they all adapted, moved and battled thru the WOD in the exact manner I have come to expect from this crew... With focus, determination and effort never less than 110% from anyone. I simply love watching these guys and gals WOD.
What about DCon and LuLu you might be asking?!? Have no fear about those two fierce women. They were also at the beach and pool, in fact, I believe both hit the pool on several occasions. Rest assured they WOD in the sand or in the water the same way they do when you see them in the box. Hard. Fast. Relentless.
So back to my nerves... What is to stress about now? Besides giving my opinion on WOD strategy, slapping hats and sunscreen on their heads and keep them hydrated, what can I do at this point? The fact that the people stepping out on to the WOD floor are more than a Team I spend time with, they are my friends, my family, my tribe. My heart soars for them in their victories and breaks for them in their defeats. We face these ups and down in the box weekly. Now it's time to put all the training to the test and as a person on the sidelines, while my physical out put pales in comparison, my emotional investment is out there with every athlete, every WOD. In the interest of some emotional filtering, I'm going to wrap this little blog up. I promise to to my best to maintain the information flow from inside the battle field here. Keep checking the games site for WOD updates and cheer as loud as you can, every little bit of energy helps!!
Sully
Friday, July 16, 2010
CFT sitting in 30th!
So after 3 WOD's Team Taranis is sitting in 30th overall :) Woohoo! The only Canadian Team above CFT is CrossFit Vancouver. I hope you are all able to find the standings and results on the Games site. Small orange bar on the top right.... that will give you a look at the numbers.
Here are a few pictures to give you the flavor of the events. I am also going to create a photo album in our site albums because I took 350 pictures and they don't load so easily on this blog. I have a picture taking problem, I know!!
LuLu killing thrusters!!!
Prime doing deadlifts
Flashy Thrusters!
Ok, these pictures are taking to long to load. We have to leave for HDC for opening ceremonies!!
Here are a few pictures to give you the flavor of the events. I am also going to create a photo album in our site albums because I took 350 pictures and they don't load so easily on this blog. I have a picture taking problem, I know!!
LuLu killing thrusters!!!
Prime doing deadlifts
Flashy Thrusters!
Ok, these pictures are taking to long to load. We have to leave for HDC for opening ceremonies!!
Update Your Adobe!
If you have trouble viewing any of the live action, try updating your Adobe Player. We had some issues last night... PeeBs was having a melt down hahaha! Thank goodness DCon knew what to do!
I'm sitting in the hotel lobby with PeeBs, Prime and Globo eating a spectacular continental breakfast. They have omelets, ham and fruit so all the CFers in the house are happy. Naturally there are the usual things like waffles and cereals but its the eggs that are in hot demand! Poor Prime is waiting for more.
So, thats all I have for you now. Our team is all here and looking good. We also have Abe and LC here for cheering section and back up just incase we need it. We are right next to Compton after all.
Thoughts from the Team while eating breakfast:
Prime: "I was shocked when PeeBs was up before 7:00 this morning!"
Focker; "I'm Awesome."
Globo: "Our rental car smells like urine."
LC: "I have a Taranis hat. It's white. It's cute."
Abe: "What's going on with this pass situation?? Did you know they have a porn channel here? Hey Bra', did you here about our taxi driver??"
LuLu: "Some chick walked into our room at 1:00 am."
That's all for now kids!!!
Star Struck Sully Out
xox
I'm sitting in the hotel lobby with PeeBs, Prime and Globo eating a spectacular continental breakfast. They have omelets, ham and fruit so all the CFers in the house are happy. Naturally there are the usual things like waffles and cereals but its the eggs that are in hot demand! Poor Prime is waiting for more.
So, thats all I have for you now. Our team is all here and looking good. We also have Abe and LC here for cheering section and back up just incase we need it. We are right next to Compton after all.
Thoughts from the Team while eating breakfast:
Prime: "I was shocked when PeeBs was up before 7:00 this morning!"
Focker; "I'm Awesome."
Globo: "Our rental car smells like urine."
LC: "I have a Taranis hat. It's white. It's cute."
Abe: "What's going on with this pass situation?? Did you know they have a porn channel here? Hey Bra', did you here about our taxi driver??"
LuLu: "Some chick walked into our room at 1:00 am."
That's all for now kids!!!
Star Struck Sully Out
xox
Thursday, July 15, 2010
First afternoon in Carson California
Alicia Connors checking in for the Games
DCon's swag bag
Prime, DCon and Peebs standing in the home Depot Center watching the set up!
Prime, DCon, Sully and PeeBs at Manhattan Beach checking life in Cali out!
Strolling along the board walk waiting for the rest of the team to arrive....
Fittest Woman in Canada writing in the sand.
X-Fit Games 2010
Registered and Checking it out!!
So we are taking a little lunch break and getting some air conditioning cool down in our hotel room right now. Home Depot Center is awesome!! We went to get Alicia and the Team registered and I felt like a kid in a candy store with all the CF Celebrities walking around. Funny how you forget the people you watch on all the videos are regular people too. It was really cool to see people recognize DCon while we were walking and she even got a random "good luck" shout out from some people. I was busy trying to take "from the hip" pictures of Mikko Salo. Sigh.... I'm pathetic. Right now I can look out my bedroom window and see Tanya and Josh Wagner sunning by the pool. Chris and Reed are laughing at DCon and I trying to see what they are doing. lol
The rest of the Team will be showing up in the next few hours but for now I will just post a few pictures of the venue so far. Other than the anticipation and excitement building, we don't have much else to report. Be sure to catch all the live coverage thru the CrossFit Games site. They will even have instant replay capability for some super highlights.
Tonight is the Pre-Games show on the live feed as well. Team competition starts tomorrow at 9am and individual starts at 7pm.
Sully signing out to head to the beach... with Peebs, DCon and Prime!! Woohoo!
The rest of the Team will be showing up in the next few hours but for now I will just post a few pictures of the venue so far. Other than the anticipation and excitement building, we don't have much else to report. Be sure to catch all the live coverage thru the CrossFit Games site. They will even have instant replay capability for some super highlights.
Tonight is the Pre-Games show on the live feed as well. Team competition starts tomorrow at 9am and individual starts at 7pm.
Sully signing out to head to the beach... with Peebs, DCon and Prime!! Woohoo!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)