Feb. 22, 2012 at 8:39pm
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In case you missed it last night: I signed up for the @CrossFitGames 2012 Open (Taken with instagram) Shit just got real. Today, I signed-up for the CrossFit Games Open. This will my first time to compete in a sporting event (save for basketball games) and admittedly, I’m feeling a bit nervous & quite overwhelmed by the rush of emotions I’ve been getting from the moments leading up to the sign-up and to now, when everything is good to go. So the wait begins, WOD 1 has yet be posted. (update: WOD 12.1 - 7min AMRAP burpees. It’s going to be murder)  I am excited because its always been a dream for me to take part in a competition, more so because of all the CF Games videos I’ve been watching lately. I want to feel the rush of adrenaline, I want to go hard and go all out. For a CrossFit newbie who’e been training for barely a year, I want to see how I stack up against the world. I believe I’m still a far away from where I want to be, in terms of my strength and endurance, but this Open would be a good benchmark on where I stand. I should be prepared, I know I am ready. This shouldn’t be anything new, competition has always been part of my life. I compete everyday - with myself, with life, with work, with relationships, with training and a bunch of other things. I know that’s different but heck, that still must count for something, right? Let me clarify, I am not doing this for bragging rights, I got into this sport first and foremost, to compete against myself, to continually challenge my fitness capacity and to conquer all of my fears and weaknesses. This Open will be the first true test. I am deeply humbled by the support and encouragement from all my friends, from people I just met at the gym, all of your words of praise have been great help. I’ll promise I’ll continue to inspire and share all my knowledge. I’m just giving back and paying it forward, since the CrossFit community has also been very open with the things we need to learn in order to succeed. Good luck to everyone that joined, I will also be rooting for all of you (especially my heroes Rich Froning, Ben Smith, Mikko Salo, Chris Spealler, Graham Holmberg, Lindsay Smith, Camille Leblanc-Bazinet etc etc)

In case you missed it last night: I signed up for the @CrossFitGames 2012 Open (Taken with instagram)

Shit just got real. Today, I signed-up for the CrossFit Games Open. This will my first time to compete in a sporting event (save for basketball games) and admittedly, I’m feeling a bit nervous & quite overwhelmed by the rush of emotions I’ve been getting from the moments leading up to the sign-up and to now, when everything is good to go. So the wait begins, WOD 1 has yet be posted. (update: WOD 12.1 - 7min AMRAP burpees. It’s going to be murder)  I am excited because its always been a dream for me to take part in a competition, more so because of all the CF Games videos I’ve been watching lately. I want to feel the rush of adrenaline, I want to go hard and go all out. For a CrossFit newbie who’e been training for barely a year, I want to see how I stack up against the world. I believe I’m still a far away from where I want to be, in terms of my strength and endurance, but this Open would be a good benchmark on where I stand. I should be prepared, I know I am ready. This shouldn’t be anything new, competition has always been part of my life. I compete everyday - with myself, with life, with work, with relationships, with training and a bunch of other things. I know that’s different but heck, that still must count for something, right? Let me clarify, I am not doing this for bragging rights, I got into this sport first and foremost, to compete against myself, to continually challenge my fitness capacity and to conquer all of my fears and weaknesses. This Open will be the first true test. I am deeply humbled by the support and encouragement from all my friends, from people I just met at the gym, all of your words of praise have been great help. I’ll promise I’ll continue to inspire and share all my knowledge. I’m just giving back and paying it forward, since the CrossFit community has also been very open with the things we need to learn in order to succeed. Good luck to everyone that joined, I will also be rooting for all of you (especially my heroes Rich Froning, Ben Smith, Mikko Salo, Chris Spealler, Graham Holmberg, Lindsay Smith, Camille Leblanc-Bazinet etc etc)