Any guesses to what this is??? This is a new piece of equipment that is being built for the Winter Challenge.
For those of you Zoners that are interested in what is going on at the Winter Challenge, here is the most updated info on the weekend. If you are interested in coming to watch and have not yet got a ticket, you will have to head to Taranis nice and early to see if you can get a ticket before they sell out at the door.
The following is the schedule of events and gym hours for the competition this weekend. There may be minor revisions before the actual commencement of the Challenge, however it will be very close to as you see it.
Friday November 4th, 2011
ALL athlete check in at CrossFit Taranis 1400 hrs – 1700 hrs
Spectator tickets on sale for Friday night’s event 1530 hrs
Announcement of WOD #1 1715 hrs
Commencement of individual heats 1800 hrs
Announcement of WOD #2 1920 hrs
Commencement of team heats 1930 hrs
WOD #1 completed for all athletes 2030 hrs
Saturday November 5th, 2011
Gym opens and spectator tickets on sale 0730 hrs
All athletes on location 0800 hrs
WOD #2 commences 0815 hrs
WOD #2 completed for all athletes 0935
Announcement of WOD #3 1000 hrs
Commencement of individual heats 1030 hrs
Commencement of team heats 1215 hrs
WOD #3 completed for all athletes 1312 hrs
Announcement of WOD #4 1315 hrs
Commencement of individual heats 1345 hrs
Commencement of team heats 1550 hrs
WOD #4 completed for all athletes 1725 hrs
Top eight teams advancing to Sunday’s finals bracket announced 1745-1800 approximately
Sunday November 6th, 2011
Doors open and spectator tickets on sale 0730 hrs
WOD #5 announcement 0800
*note!! Commencement of first team knockout round (quarter finals) 0830 hrs
Commencement of individual heats 1000 hrs
WOD #5 completed for all athletes 1218 hrs
Announcement of WOD #6 1220 hrs
Commencement of second team knockout round (semi finals) 1250 hrs
Announcement of team finals 1320 hrs
Commencement of individual heats 1330 hrs
WOD #6 completed for all athletes 1504 hrs
Commencement of team event deciding 3rd place 1515 hrs
Commencement of team finals 1530 hrs
Awards and wrap up 1600-1615 hrs approximately
As always, we will do our best to stay as close to the schedule as humanly possible.
Team heats will be the pool that you have been allocated to. Remember; you need to come top 2 in your pool. For the “round robin” play you are only being ranked against teams in your pool not against the entire field of 20.
Individual heats for Friday night’s WOD will be a random draw. You will then be re-organized into new heats following completion of WOD #1 and WOD #4.
IMPORTANT CLASS UPDATES:
- Saturday, November 5th 9:00am will be cancelled
- Saturday, November 5th 10:00am will be running
- Saturday, November 5th 11:00am intro will be cancelled
- Sunday, November 6th – there will be no Open Gym session
All of our coaches will be at the Winter Challenge this weekend competing or supporting the family. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused. If you have any questions about this weekend or any missed sessions, please contact deanna@crossfitzone.ca
Q.O.D: What do you think the first workout will be on Friday night?
Today’s Workout:
Buy In – 3 rounds of: 10 pvc dislocates, 10 ring rows, 5 inchworms, 5 glute bridges (hold 2-3 sec. each), 10 jump squats
Followed by a coach led demo of Dumbbell snatches
Workout- “Nice Snatch”
21-15-9 rep rounds of:
Left-arm DB snatch, 35/55lbs
Right-arm DB snatch, 35/55lbs
L Pull-ups
Zone 3 – Scale snatch to 20/35lbs, scale to regular pullups
Zone 2 – Scale snatch as needed, scale pullups to assisted pullups
Zone 1 – Scale workout as needed
Cash Out – Max ab-mat situps in 2 minutes, followed by a group foam roll
Hey all competitors – remember to pack your long socks just in case there is a rope climb!!! Also there is a definite possibility of a run and it will go rain or shine, so come prepared (gloves might be a good idea for any obstacles too!).
Looking forward to throwing down with all the individuals and cheering on the teams!
I think friday is not going to be a run, I am guessing sat morning will be a run. But I guess we shall see.
Good luck folks!
I hope its smashing a golf ball for max distance
Running and ?… I’m thinking theyll have a shorter run of 3km or less and put something else high rep in there.
Hey I just tried on my Cameron Law Corporation sponsored clothing – wow! Thanks Heather and Bob!
oh and for tonight – my guess is either a short metcon 3-4 rounds or 7min… OR max snatch plus max reps hspu in a 10 min time cap…
Psychic!!
Yup, as of 1pm (see time stamp above)!!! shoulda posted on the taranis wall!
I just registered, and it looks like those walls are going to be part of WOD one based on where they were sitting in the gym, and they don't look stable enough to climb on, so I'm saying HSPU.
For competitors, when you register, bring some photo ID, and don't loose the wrist band in your goodie bag, since it is your ticket in.
Yeah HSPU's!!!! What about throwing sandbags over it?
haha, there was a sledge hammer next to them all too, and my first thought was destroying them for time… but they don't have 120, so it's probably not that.
Good luck, everyone!!
Just picked up my tix for the nights events, no line ups there right now, and it's of the hand stamp variety.
Sending all my thoughts to the Zoners competing, will be cheering from the trail as I'm a bit disappointed in the pay to spectate model they've adopted…
Hope you all crush it!
Just downloaded ustream app for my phone. I will try to get some live coverage. Search ustream crossfit zone
Going to try and get some live footage from the Taranis Winter Challenge. Check out this link throughout the weekend: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/taranis-winter-chal…
Hey guys, so people were able to get tickets tonight-there isn’t a lot of room really. If someone wants to stop in for a short while, send me and email and you may be able to snag my pass
8am individual 5km run at clover point
730Am teams at esquimalt track
Best of luck to all our competitors- I hope to get to see many of you perform but I'll have to see about the ticket situation, however,I will be thinking of you amazing athletes over the weekend and sending some serious positive vibes!! I definitely feel some Zone crushing goin' on……..
Seriously Cam, how did you know what the first wod was going to be…. you've got some skillz!
Okay people-so you have two am options:
if you want day tickets-go early to taranis ~7 as tickets go on sale at 730. when there, you will get to watch the first team event taking place at equimalt track
if you don't want day tickets but would like to see an event you have two options:
1. go the esquimalt track (across the street from the taranis gym to watch the team event (starts at 730?)
2. head to clover point to see the individuals run the 5km at 8am
i put some pics up on the zones fb page
results are : http://flexfwd.com/Community/CompetitionScoring?c…
scoots 2nd, cam 25th, sean bruce 28th, dub 40th, adam 45th, dino 47th
linds 9th, france 22nd, michelle 227th
teams not yet up
227th!! Weren't there only 40 women competing? Shit.. I didn't think I was that bad tonight 🙂
We can only see the mens results and having difficulties navigating the page – how do we see the women?
Teej is 20th and I am pretty sure Michelle is not 227….maybe 27? I can't find the girls rankings online
they put a nav tag-sorry michelle-i can't type at night!
Very nice post. I certainly love this site. Continue the good
work!