20 Alternating Clean and Jerks - 135/95# (Person A does 1, then person B does 1, etc, until 20 are done)5 rounds of Cindy (Person A does 1 round, person B does one round, etc, until 5 are done)20 Alternating Clean and Jerks5 rounds of Cindy20 Alternating Clean and Jerks*Partners must use the same weight**Cindy is 5 pullups, 10 pushups, 15 squats[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/12125461]So here's my take on day 1. First off, the registration was a bit unorganized, but we were the first ones through once the organizers got things in order. We went to hang out with Team Fredericton until the first event started.The original 6.7k run was cut to 5k because certain parts of the trail were deemed unsafe. Based on what we ran, I would have liked to see the unsafe parts. We had one section where we needed to use our hands to climb over a lip onto a ridge.The run hit Sonia and I (and everyone from the East coast) very hard. I've had side stitches before, but the entire front of my abdomen was tight. Breathing is very difficult when your diaphragm doesn't work.I placed 26th and Sonia 37th. My goal was to get under 24min, and I did. Sonia was pretty pissed about her time, only because the race started without her (and 15 other athletes) knowing it actually started. The starting gun went off for the women's race, but a group of women weren't at the starting line. Anyway, she passed about 10 ladies on the run and did very well.I'm happy with my results, but not with my placing. There are some damn fast guys in these mountains. Tomorrow is another day, so we shall see how we stack up against the rest.Thank you everyone for all your encouragements! I've been reading them throughout the day and they definitely help. Not a word of a lie, but I heard you all cheering for me at about 3km into the run. You were all telling me to keep going and to give it my all. Thanks!
