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Chase Smith - The Clydesdale Media Semifinalist Series · Clydesdale Media Podcast

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  I was born to kill it.
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  I was meant to win.
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  I am down and willing,
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  so I will find a way.
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  It took a minute,
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  now it didn't happen right away.
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  When it get hot in the kitchen,
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  you decide to stay.
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  That's how it winners me.
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  Stick a fork in the hater on
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  my dinner plate.
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  What is going on, everybody?
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  Welcome to the Clydesdale Media Podcast,
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  where we are featuring the
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  athletes of the 2024
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  CrossFit Games semifinals.
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  I'm so privileged to have
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  with me Chase Smith.
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  What's going on, Chase?
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  How much?
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  I'm privileged for having me on.
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  Thank you.
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  Hey, no problem, man.
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  Making semifinals is a big
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  deal in the sport.
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  Yeah.
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  And it should be highlighted
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  and celebrated.
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  For sure.
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  I'm already getting questions in.
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  Slater says,
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  I wish Chase's gym was just
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  about 15 minutes closer to me.
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  I hear good things about WaterBear.
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  Thank you.
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  I appreciate it.
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  Good to hear.
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  Do you own the gym?
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  I do.
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  Nice.
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  So how long have you been an
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  affiliate owner?
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  So we officially opened 2022
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  on Christmas Day.
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  We were officially – well,
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  Christmas Eve was our first
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  day we ran workouts here.
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  So, yeah,
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  since 2022 is our first official – yeah,
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  that's when we opened.
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  Was it always a dream to be
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  an affiliate owner?
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  Not really, honestly.
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  It was definitely, I would say,
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  like a thought process and
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  something that would just –
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  It would come up occasionally.
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  But no,
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  it was never something that was
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  like an end goal for me.
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  It was actually my wife that
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  kind of encouraged me and
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  supported me to kind of
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  take this next step.
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  So, yeah,
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  I definitely wouldn't be here if
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  it wasn't for her.
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  So as I looked at kind of
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  your history in this,
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  you've been around since at least 2011.
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  I know you've registered for
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  the Open all but two years since 2011.
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  Yeah, I think I had,
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  An injury would happen one year.
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  I think it was 2021.
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  I can think off the top of my head.
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  I ended up, yeah, hurting my foot somehow.
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  I was actually training for
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  GORUCK selection and ended
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  up causing a pretty severe
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  injury to my foot.
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  And that was like as we were
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  approaching the Open.
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  So that was the first time
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  that I can – yeah, that I really –
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  couldn't sign up or do any
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  of the workouts.
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  Um, so that was a huge bummer.
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  I mean, cause I was very consistent.
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  I love doing the open, uh, signed up,
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  you know, like as you saw every year, um,
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  to do it.
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  So it was a big bummer to
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  kind of sit that year out.
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  Yeah.
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  Um,
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  so Slater comes back in just to clarify
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  my coworker, Josh Rios told me about you.
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  Oh, Josh.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  Um, yeah, I know Josh pretty well.
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  Um,
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  I actually have a buddy of
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  mine down here where I
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  would hang Christmas lights
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  with him during the season.
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  So Josh and I would hang out
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  doing Christmas lights, yeah.
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  Nice.
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  So we said about the Open,
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  you're also one of those
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  guys who did a handful of
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  regionals before.
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  Yeah, when we had East, well,
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  we had Northeast for a while,
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  then we had East.
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  Yeah,
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  now it's kind of developed into what
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  it is now.
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  Yeah.
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  So one year you took sixth at regionals.
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  Yeah, that was the year.
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  We're so Alex.
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  Yeah, Alex retired for fifth.
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  And based on that tiebreaker, you know,
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  it was your highest placement.
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  I think he had a second.
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  I had a fourth.
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  thing um and just tasting
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  it's so close man arlene
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  smith jumps and wish he was
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  closer to me he is an
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  amazing coach and an
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  athlete and you got a lot
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  of fans out there a little
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  bit it sounds like yeah
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  yeah so what's crazy is you
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  just completed semifinals
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  yeah in the age group and
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  now you're going to compete
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  in semifinals in the elite
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  Yeah, I mean,
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  it's super cool to be in this position.
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  It definitely wasn't
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  something that was on my
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  radar going into it.
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  You know, when they...
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  made the shift while I was
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  aging up anyways.
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  So,
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  and then I saw all kind of all the
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  shifts and adjustments they were making.
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  So it was making for an exciting year.
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  So sitting down and talking to my wife,
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  it was something that I
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  definitely wanted to pursue
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  as the age group was coming
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  up and me aging up for it, you know,
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  and that was the only thing
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  that was really on my radar.
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  I never thought going back
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  to semis was something that
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  would happen or could happen.
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  It was something that kind of,
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  everything just lined up just right.
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  I almost didn't even sign up
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  for the individual.
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  I signed up probably like
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  the day before things kicked off.
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  And I only signed up just
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  because it was already paid for.
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  Because they were doing the same workouts,
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  they weren't different this year.
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  So you register for one,
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  you automatically get to
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  register for the other one.
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  So I was like, why not?
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  See what happens.
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  My goal for individual was
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  just to place top 200 to see if,
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  I could kind of be in that range,
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  and that was the only goal
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  I had going into it.
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  And you,
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  where did you end up finishing for that?
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  With everything all said and done,
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  the final, I think I'm at 25th, I think.
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  Okay, okay.
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  Are you one of those
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  athletes that if you punched both tickets,
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  you would try to do both,
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  or would you pick one over the other?
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  I mean,
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  if I have the opportunity to do both,
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  I would do both just the same,
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  same reason why semis for age.
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  And I mean,
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  if they allow you to do both
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  and obviously not lining up
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  in the same schedule, why not?
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  Yeah.
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  There's a couple athletes
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  who have publicly said
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  they're trying to pull off the double.
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  Yeah.
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  I think that's not on my,
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  definitely wasn't on my radar, but I mean,
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  if the opportunity allows, I mean, yeah,
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  of course.
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  Yeah, I think Will Morad has said that,
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  and so has Sam Dancer.
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  Okay.
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  That they're both trying to pull it off.
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  I didn't, so I obviously can see Will,
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  but I didn't see,
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  did Sam sign up for the Masters?
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  Because I didn't see him up there.
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  He did.
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  Okay.
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  I think he just did enough
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  to make sure he moved on.
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  Okay.
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  Yeah, I think maybe finished in the 30s.
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  All right.
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  Yeah, but top 200 or top 40, right?
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  Top 40, yeah, top 40.
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  Yeah, he's there.
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  He's just down the list a little bit.
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  Looked to me like he
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  sandbagged for the elite semis.
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  Probably.
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  But I couldn't be wrong, too.
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  I mean, because, yeah, he's there.
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  We're there next weekend.
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  Yeah.
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  So you've been around the sport forever.
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  Yeah.
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  You're going back to a
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  location that's as iconic as it gets,
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  the tennis stadium in Carson, California.
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  Have you ever been there?
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  have not no I have not so
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  this will be your first
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  time and it'll be on the
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  competition floor yeah does
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  it bring any nerves
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  goosebumps chills uh to be
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  honest no I mean it's it's
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  super exciting to go out there um
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  But I wouldn't say it brings
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  chills or it raises any nerves for me.
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  Because again,
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  I'm in a position that I
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  never thought was possible
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  or something that I would
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  be trying to achieve.
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  So I'm really just kind of
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  enjoying the moment, honestly.
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  So I'm looking forward to being out there,
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  having my family out there.
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  So that's the biggest thing is, you know,
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  having my family out there
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  to experience that with me.
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  That's what made...
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  Last time I went to Semi,
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  so important is having my
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  wife and my little boy
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  there and soon to be a
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  second at the time.
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  So, I mean,
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  it was a very special moment to
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  have them there and
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  experience that with me
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  because they have never
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  been in that kind of
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  environment or seen
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  something like that up close.
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  So that was a very special
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  time and just excited to do
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  it all over again and go
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  back into that space.
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  I mean, yeah,
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  it's amazing to be heading out there.
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  So the nerves and the
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  pressure I would see is
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  kind of eased off a little
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  bit because I'm just grateful to be there,
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  honestly.
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  It's kind of like you're
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  playing with house money, right?
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  You had no intentions in
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  competing in the elite.
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  You focused on age group.
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  And then you did so well,
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  you actually get to go play
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  for basically free.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah, I mean,
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  and that's what I'm trying to go into,
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  right?
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  Because I can tend to put
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  more pressure on myself than I should.
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  So I'm just trying to enjoy
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  the moment and take it one
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  workout at a time.
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  How do you support yourself?
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  Is it just through the gym
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  or do you work another job
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  on top of that?
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  No, this is it.
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  I mean, this is my main thing.
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  When I was down here originally,
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  I was running and
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  programming for an
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  affiliate as well as a
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  couple other affiliates and
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  athletes down here.
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  when deciding to make this
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  next move to open up WaterBear,
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  I decided just to be
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  exclusive to WaterBear and
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  be all in and focus on
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  building this place.
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  So yeah, this is my pride and joy,
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  this is everything.
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  I'm gonna pull up a picture
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  from your profile.
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  Okay.
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  And is that the logo?
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  It's one of our logos,
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  but what's in this chest is
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  our main logo.
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  We kind of have some fun with it here.
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  So we designed different bears and,
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  you know,
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  for new apparel lines and stuff
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  like that.
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  So we shift the bear a
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  little bit to different things.
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  We've gone through a few.
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  So I'm kind of building up
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  for like this main shirt
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  where it's like where all
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  the bears come together.
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  um as like you know the
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  avengers basically but our
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  main logo is his uh is the
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  chest okay on the bear but
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  that's like the t 2000 3000
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  t 2000 something like that
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  like the terminator bear
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  yeah yeah yeah that's
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  pretty sweet I'd buy a
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  shirt with that on it
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  Yeah, that was a big one.
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  People loved that.
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  They wanted to come back,
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  but holding off until,
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  I think I got like one more
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  design I'm gonna go with,
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  and then we'll do our main
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  reunion shirt of all the pairs.
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  Speaking of pictures,
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  you're gonna be in this iconic location.
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  Yeah.
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  Trying to find a picture of
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  you to use for a thumbnail was really,
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  really difficult with the right angle.
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  Yeah, I mean,
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  I'm horrible with social media.
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  We need to get a
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  photographer with at least
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  five shots of you on the floor.
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  I have a buddy of mine coming.
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  He's really good with a camera,
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  so hopefully he can pull some stuff off.
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  Yeah, got to do that, man.
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  And you're a Masters athlete.
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  You should have pictures, not videos.
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  Yeah.
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  Like, we're old.
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  We don't understand the video thing.
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  Fair enough.
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  I can do that.
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  just giving you a hard time.
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  Um,
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  that's the hardest part of my job is
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  making those thumbnails for
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  all the pictures and all that.
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  Yeah.
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  Like I said,
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  I'm just horrible with social media.
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  And, um, so I definitely,
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  something I should be better at doing,
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  especially with owning an affiliate.
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  And so I,
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  I do spend time on there on the
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  water bear page, but my personal account,
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  I'm not too active.
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  Okay.
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  So, um,
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  It's funny.
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  You're actually way more
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  active than some people I've found.
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  Okay.
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  There was one person I went,
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  and the last picture on
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  their social media was one
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  that I put there for their thumbnail.
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  Oh, really?
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  Yeah.
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  So it had been a full year
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  with no activity.
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  Oh, wow.
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  Yeah.
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  One person,
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  there was only four posts in
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  their entire life.
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  Four?
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  Four.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  Tell me about it.
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  It's tough, man.
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  It's tough.
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  So the workouts have been released.
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  What kind of athlete are you?
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  Power output, endurance, engine, gymnast?
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  I mean,
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  I like the endurance side of it for sure.
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  I like longer workouts.
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  And then I love the workouts
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  that kind of like just keep
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  you on your toes where it's
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  just like all in.
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  It's all or nothing with the
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  full sprints for sure.
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  You know,
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  that final event is going to be a
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  fun one to do and
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  definitely a tricky one to do.
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  Um, so, but yeah, I do,
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  I enjoy the longer ones
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  where it's a little bit more, can,
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  can be more strategic and
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  kind of playing your,
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  your chess pieces as you need to.
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  Um, but I also enjoy just like, Hey,
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  who wants it?
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  You know, at that, at that given moment,
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  who's going to do it.
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  Looking at the ones that
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  have been released,
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  is there one that you're
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  salivating over that you
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  really want to get after?
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  Um,
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  I'm looking forward to the
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  handstand walk on.
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  The row and handstand.
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  I think that one's going to
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  be fun to watch.
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  I just like that combination for sure.
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  I wouldn't say it's going to
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  be my bread and butter kind of workout,
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  but I do like looking at that workout.
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  I definitely like it.
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  I'm trying to think what other ones.
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  We have the toes to bar,
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  one on the front squats.
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  That one's going to be
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  interesting with that
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  combination from basically
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  the front squats, those double unders.
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  Just curious how the
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  shoulders are actually
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  going to play out at that
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  point for those five rounds.
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  I would say I'm looking
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  forward to probably most often,
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  and just to see my abilities,
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  it would be the legless rope climb one.
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  That one looks like it's
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  going to be a lot of fun.
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  So I got to ask,
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  since you're an old regional guy,
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  you did the snatch ladder, right?
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  I did, 2016.
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  I mean, that thing was brutal.
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  Yeah, I mean, in training,
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  I failed 245 over and over
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  and over again.
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  I mean, we tested out a few times.
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  And then I get there, complete the 245,
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  and I have well over three
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  minutes to do 265.
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  And I fail over and over and
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  over and over again.
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  And I actually watched it the other day.
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  It had, I think,
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  35 seconds left to the clock.
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  And I hit 265 twice in 35 seconds.
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  Um, but I mean,
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  at that time I was just so
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  amped up and excited that I
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  actually made it to two 65,
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  let alone complete it.
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  So, I mean, I mean,
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  watching the video and seeing my face,
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  like I remember that moment
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  and being just excited to finish that,
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  to fail over, I mean,
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  two 45 over and over again.
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  Um, yeah, so that was, that was,
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  and that was my first in
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  person regionals.
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  Um, so, I mean, it was,
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  it was a heck of a run.
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  I mean, I had a lot of fun that year.
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  Same thing,
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  like no expectations that year.
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  And so to have it play out that way,
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  I mean,
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  it was just great to be there and
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  to be able to complete
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  something that you fail
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  over and over and over again is amazing.
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  I mean,
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  that just shows how much that
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  environment plays a role
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  into your success.
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  I mean,
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  and to even go a little bit further
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  into that year,
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  it was the longer workout.
• 16:22
  I think it might've been event four,
• 16:24
  event five.
• 16:25
  I can't remember what number event,
• 16:26
  but it was the handstand walk.
• 16:29
  It was a long row overhead squats.
• 16:34
  I think burpee box jumps
• 16:35
  over and then overhead
• 16:37
  squats at the very end and then done.
• 16:41
  And that was another workout in training.
• 16:44
  would just hit the time cap
• 16:45
  and I was it was just a
• 16:47
  horrible event for me so
• 16:48
  that one I was least
• 16:50
  looking forward towards um
• 16:51
  going into it and I even
• 16:53
  kind of changed up the game
• 16:53
  plan a little bit and broke
• 16:54
  up the handstand walks a
• 16:55
  lot more than I should have
• 16:57
  and that ended up actually
• 16:58
  being my best event there I
• 17:00
  think I placed fourth in
• 17:01
  that workout wow so I mean
• 17:03
  that just shows you being
• 17:05
  in that environment how
• 17:05
  much that plays a role you
• 17:07
  know going into things
• 17:11
  So two questions about the snatch ladder,
• 17:12
  because you're going to get
• 17:13
  another chance at it.
• 17:14
  Yeah.
• 17:16
  How much easier will it be
• 17:19
  to get through the ladder this time?
• 17:23
  Honestly,
• 17:23
  I wish I could say I'm going to
• 17:25
  fly through it,
• 17:26
  but I do definitely have
• 17:27
  some concerns with it.
• 17:29
  Yeah, I'm...
• 17:32
  Going into this week,
• 17:34
  I'm still kind of
• 17:35
  recovering from a wrist
• 17:37
  issue that I'm having.
• 17:39
  So I'm trying to really
• 17:40
  rehab that and get that well.
• 17:42
  I can deal with some things.
• 17:45
  So that's just,
• 17:46
  that'd be a concern going into it.
• 17:48
  Not concerned about the
• 17:48
  weights or anything like that.
• 17:50
  But it's definitely going to
• 17:52
  be that punch at the top.
• 17:54
  So that one's just going to be,
• 17:56
  I'm hoping that environment
• 17:57
  brings me back into it
• 17:59
  where I feel like I can
• 18:00
  just run through it again.
• 18:01
  But I am looking forward to going into it.
• 18:03
  That's for sure.
• 18:04
  Like something that I'm excited to repeat.
• 18:08
  And I hope I can have a
• 18:09
  little bit more of a better
• 18:10
  redemption this year with it.
• 18:14
  How much is it going to be?
• 18:15
  So when you did it in 2016,
• 18:16
  it was event one.
• 18:17
  Yeah.
• 18:19
  Yeah.
• 18:20
  Now it's event five.
• 18:22
  I know that's, I mean,
• 18:23
  that's huge alone just
• 18:25
  based on how everything is
• 18:26
  presented prior with just
• 18:29
  the fatigue sense of grip
• 18:31
  squats and all the, I mean,
• 18:34
  it's definitely going to be
• 18:34
  a lot different going into it.
• 18:38
  Uh, but I think it being the third, yes,
• 18:40
  the third day,
• 18:40
  but being also the first event we do, um,
• 18:45
  I think it should be very similar.
• 18:47
  I think you're still going
• 18:48
  to see a great show.
• 18:48
  Um,
• 18:50
  with it.
• 18:50
  If anything, you know,
• 18:52
  we might be fatigued and
• 18:53
  set with those workouts,
• 18:54
  but at the same time,
• 18:56
  it could be basically just
• 18:57
  a lot of prep work leading into that.
• 18:59
  You know,
• 19:00
  you see all these videos and whatnot,
• 19:02
  and I've done it as well as
• 19:03
  like we finish a workout
• 19:04
  and then we go and PR lift.
• 19:06
  I mean,
• 19:07
  so it might just be those that kind
• 19:08
  of promise and we're ready
• 19:10
  to go for to finish out that ladder.
• 19:15
  I got the privilege of
• 19:15
  seeing that at West Coast
• 19:16
  Classic in twenty twenty one.
• 19:21
  Okay.
• 19:21
  When they redid it there.
• 19:23
  And it was an amazing show.
• 19:25
  Yeah.
• 19:27
  Tudor trying to touch and go
• 19:29
  the last barbell.
• 19:31
  Not Tudor.
• 19:32
  Tola.
• 19:32
  Tola, yeah.
• 19:33
  Yeah,
• 19:34
  trying to touch and go to the last bar.
• 19:36
  The race with the women was
• 19:38
  right down to the wire.
• 19:39
  Like, it was crazy fun to watch.
• 19:42
  So I'm excited.
• 19:44
  By far,
• 19:44
  it's going to be a great event to watch.
• 19:46
  I mean, even just me watching 2016,
• 19:48
  and I've been seeing other people, like,
• 19:50
  same thing,
• 19:50
  talking about watching their
• 19:51
  old videos of 2016.
• 19:52
  I mean, it's a fun workout to watch.
• 19:56
  Yeah.
• 19:56
  Do you think you have any
• 19:57
  advantage doing it,
• 19:58
  or has it been way too long?
• 20:01
  I don't think I have any advantage.
• 20:03
  I think we're all going to be, I mean,
• 20:06
  experienced enough to do it.
• 20:07
  At the end of the day,
• 20:10
  I think mostly for the men's side,
• 20:11
  like going fast singles and
• 20:13
  just getting ourselves
• 20:14
  ready for that heavier load
• 20:16
  is that's the whole goal is
• 20:19
  to get us there.
• 20:21
  So I don't think you'll see
• 20:22
  too much crazy in a sense
• 20:23
  of like the touch and go 185.
• 20:25
  You saw that a lot more in
• 20:26
  my year with the women as
• 20:28
  they were touching going
• 20:29
  that first barbell and just
• 20:30
  cycling through.
• 20:31
  But I think for the guys,
• 20:32
  you're just going to see us drop and grab,
• 20:34
  drop and grab,
• 20:35
  drop and grab the whole time.
• 20:37
  So I wouldn't say too much
• 20:38
  of an advantage.
• 20:38
  I think, yeah,
• 20:39
  because just having the
• 20:40
  years go throughout it is not too much.
• 20:44
  With everything that's gone
• 20:45
  up to and leading up to
• 20:46
  with all these other events,
• 20:47
  I think everyone is well
• 20:49
  aware of what needs to be
• 20:50
  done when it comes down to it.
• 20:53
  So I want to pivot a little
• 20:55
  bit to the Masters because
• 20:56
  I love that community and I
• 20:58
  love covering that community.
• 20:59
  Yeah.
• 21:02
  you came so close to making
• 21:03
  the games as an individual.
• 21:05
  We talked about a six-place
• 21:06
  finish back in the regional days.
• 21:09
  You punch your ticket to the
• 21:11
  CrossFit Games as a Masters athlete.
• 21:13
  Yeah.
• 21:14
  Is that a celebration,
• 21:16
  or is it different because
• 21:18
  of the way they've
• 21:19
  reformatted everything?
• 21:22
  I mean, that's a great question.
• 21:24
  I mean,
• 21:25
  I think it's a celebration in a sense.
• 21:28
  I mean...
• 21:29
  At the end of the day, yes,
• 21:30
  we're not going to be at the same venue.
• 21:33
  I know a lot of people have
• 21:35
  different views on that,
• 21:37
  being kind of separated and whatnot.
• 21:40
  But I mean,
• 21:40
  it's still the same platform in
• 21:42
  my understanding.
• 21:43
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I mean,
• 21:44
  CrossFit is running that.
• 21:45
  I mean, that's what's,
• 21:47
  they're just having a separation.
• 21:49
  And my take on it is it
• 21:51
  seems like they're just
• 21:52
  giving the attention that
• 21:53
  it deserves by having legends host it.
• 21:56
  Because I know many master
• 21:59
  athletes that I've worked with,
• 22:02
  trained with back home up north.
• 22:05
  And
• 22:06
  it's all great to be there.
• 22:08
  And I mean,
• 22:09
  it's amazing to have that experience,
• 22:11
  but my understanding that
• 22:13
  it's their words is being
• 22:16
  treated is not the best.
• 22:19
  It's not in their best interest.
• 22:21
  It's just like, you guys are there.
• 22:22
  We'll get you through the event.
• 22:24
  All right.
• 22:24
  And then we're moving on to the next.
• 22:28
  It's not my experience.
• 22:29
  It's just what I've been told is you guys,
• 22:32
  they're a little bit of
• 22:33
  getting shafted a little
• 22:34
  bit and their attention and,
• 22:36
  know how things are run yeah
• 22:39
  and I think I think it's a
• 22:40
  wait and see right like
• 22:42
  yeah we hope I think if
• 22:44
  they put on the pomp and
• 22:45
  circumstance like the games
• 22:46
  does like you get the cool
• 22:48
  kit when you show up get
• 22:50
  your pictures taken yeah
• 22:52
  like all that stuff will
• 22:53
  make a huge stride into
• 22:56
  making it a seamless
• 22:57
  transaction transition um
• 23:00
  but but it's it's never
• 23:02
  been done before so it's
• 23:03
  it's kind of this unknown thing out there
• 23:06
  But what I'm told is, I mean, legends,
• 23:09
  they roll the red carpet.
• 23:11
  I mean,
• 23:11
  I had athletes that were there in
• 23:13
  their just most recent event.
• 23:15
  I mean, it was a fantastic time.
• 23:18
  They loved it.
• 23:19
  They raved about it when they got back.
• 23:21
  So I'm excited for them to
• 23:23
  see what they're going to
• 23:24
  do being that host for this bigger stage.
• 23:28
  Yeah.
• 23:29
  I was there for the last event.
• 23:31
  I would call it Games Light.
• 23:34
  Okay.
• 23:34
  Yeah.
• 23:36
  if they just take one more
• 23:37
  step I think we're good all
• 23:39
  right yeah now do you think
• 23:41
  that is almost why we're
• 23:44
  they're going so late into
• 23:45
  the year pushing that
• 23:47
  towards early september
• 23:50
  more time to kind of plan
• 23:52
  accordingly to make that I
• 23:54
  think it was finding the
• 23:54
  right venue venue yeah and yeah so
• 24:01
  But we have Amanda Brown in the chat,
• 24:03
  one of my favorite people in the space.
• 24:05
  Peter and I will be cheering
• 24:06
  Chase on in Birmingham
• 24:08
  right next to his mom,
• 24:09
  maybe even getting louder
• 24:10
  than Regionals 2018.
• 24:11
  Thank you, Amanda.
• 24:13
  She has the loudest cheers
• 24:15
  I've ever heard in my life.
• 24:18
  I had to get my hearing
• 24:19
  checked after meeting her
• 24:21
  at the Masters Fitness Collective.
• 24:24
  Really?
• 24:24
  Yeah.
• 24:26
  Not really.
• 24:26
  But, yeah, she can cheer.
• 24:30
  You hear Peter being yelled
• 24:33
  all across the – Yeah.
• 24:36
  Yeah.
• 24:36
  I haven't seen them in quite some time.
• 24:37
  They're friends from back home.
• 24:41
  Yeah,
• 24:41
  I met Peter and Amanda three years
• 24:43
  ago at MFC,
• 24:45
  and I've seen them every year since.
• 24:46
  Yeah.
• 24:47
  Peter's getting so good.
• 24:48
  Yeah.
• 24:49
  I see him.
• 24:49
  I see him.
• 24:50
  Yeah.
• 24:52
  Yeah.
• 24:53
  So back to this one.
• 24:54
  I know you –
• 24:57
  you're playing with house money.
• 24:58
  Do you have a realistic goal
• 25:00
  for the weekend?
• 25:03
  Um, not to make a fool of myself.
• 25:06
  I mean, that's, that's it.
• 25:08
  Right.
• 25:09
  Um, no, I'm excited to be there.
• 25:11
  I don't know.
• 25:12
  I don't know what's in store for me.
• 25:14
  Um, I, I do feel well prepared.
• 25:16
  I feel super confident.
• 25:18
  Um,
• 25:19
  I don't feel like I'm not ready.
• 25:21
  I don't feel like I don't
• 25:22
  belong there in that sense.
• 25:25
  I don't know if I have a
• 25:27
  ranking in my head,
• 25:29
  but I'm ready to take it on.
• 25:32
  I'm excited to be there.
• 25:33
  I'm looking forward to it.
• 25:36
  Zero pressure.
• 25:37
  I'm just going to go out
• 25:37
  there and work out.
• 25:39
  That's what it comes down to.
• 25:42
  you mentioned you have two
• 25:43
  kids and CrossFit isn't
• 25:47
  always a kid's style event, right?
• 25:50
  Like it's hard to keep them
• 25:51
  entertained for the day,
• 25:52
  but are they coming with you?
• 25:54
  Oh yeah.
• 25:56
  Yeah.
• 25:56
  They're coming with me.
• 25:57
  It's going to be interesting.
• 25:58
  Those, um, they're great.
• 26:01
  I mean,
• 26:02
  But those boys can be a menace sometimes,
• 26:05
  especially when they start
• 26:07
  going at each other.
• 26:08
  And so our oldest is three.
• 26:11
  Our youngest right now is one and a half.
• 26:14
  And they're already kind of
• 26:16
  wrestling and pushing each
• 26:18
  other's buttons.
• 26:18
  So it's going to be an
• 26:19
  interesting weekend.
• 26:21
  Yeah.
• 26:22
  Yeah.
• 26:23
  Those are interesting ages.
• 26:24
  That's going to be fun, man.
• 26:27
  But to have them there in
• 26:30
  this moment for you is really cool.
• 26:32
  Yeah, I mean,
• 26:34
  they've come to other comps with me,
• 26:37
  whether it's, like, local comps or,
• 26:39
  I mean,
• 26:39
  they were down in Miami for Waterpalooza.
• 26:42
  I mean, and when I go, they're on.
• 26:45
  I mean,
• 26:46
  it's not like they're distracted in
• 26:47
  that sense.
• 26:49
  What my wife tells me,
• 26:50
  because I'm obviously in
• 26:51
  there working out, but, I mean,
• 26:52
  they're watching and
• 26:53
  they're super excited to
• 26:54
  see me out there.
• 26:56
  But seeing their faces once
• 26:58
  I'm done and they're locked in on me is –
• 27:01
  a great feeling for sure and
• 27:05
  and your wife is always
• 27:06
  there cheering you on oh
• 27:07
  yeah I mean biggest
• 27:08
  supporter 100 I mean I
• 27:11
  wouldn't be able to do the
• 27:12
  things that I do without
• 27:13
  her in that sense um you
• 27:16
  know it it's it's true you
• 27:18
  know what they say around a
• 27:20
  man is a great woman and um I mean
• 27:24
  Everything she does and supports me,
• 27:26
  I mean,
• 27:26
  allows me to have the time and
• 27:28
  then helps me to balance my
• 27:30
  time and manage my time in that sense.
• 27:31
  And just believing in me,
• 27:34
  just let alone working out, I mean,
• 27:36
  but to take the belief in
• 27:37
  me and into opening, you know,
• 27:40
  a big leap of faith of
• 27:41
  opening an affiliation in
• 27:42
  that sense with nothing
• 27:44
  else as like a safety net, I mean,
• 27:47
  is huge.
• 27:49
  So she's definitely makes a
• 27:50
  lot of dreams come true.
• 27:52
  Where are you guys located now?
• 27:54
  Uh, we're now in, so we're in Texas, uh,
• 27:57
  in the North, uh, DFW area.
• 27:59
  Okay.
• 28:00
  So I'm originally from New Hampshire,
• 28:01
  moved down here in 2019.
• 28:04
  Um, so I've been down there,
• 28:05
  down here since.
• 28:07
  Yeah.
• 28:08
  I have that.
• 28:08
  I hear that Northeastern
• 28:10
  like a little bit of, uh,
• 28:13
  it sometimes comes out.
• 28:14
  It doesn't come out too much.
• 28:16
  Um, I've worked on a little bit, honestly,
• 28:19
  uh, pronouncing everything a lot.
• 28:22
  uh but yeah we're I love it
• 28:24
  down here down in texas not
• 28:26
  not raised or born anything
• 28:27
  like that but I mean I'm
• 28:29
  I'm here for good nice nice
• 28:32
  and you're close to where
• 28:33
  the games are going to be
• 28:34
  right yeah you're going to
• 28:35
  pop over regardless I don't
• 28:37
  know honestly um yeah I
• 28:39
  mean I didn't I didn't plan
• 28:41
  on it in that sense uh
• 28:44
  we'll we'll see what it
• 28:44
  looks like that during that time but no
• 28:49
  Unless something else
• 28:50
  happens to get me there.
• 28:52
  As of right now, no.
• 28:54
  So Amanda, one more time.
• 28:55
  His mom might match me in volume.
• 28:58
  So is your mom allowed to hear?
• 29:00
  Yeah, I mean, there's a pretty epic photo.
• 29:03
  I don't know where it is.
• 29:04
  But I do have it somewhere
• 29:06
  where it's just like you can just,
• 29:08
  it's a picture where you
• 29:09
  can hear the noise coming out.
• 29:13
  Does she go to all your
• 29:14
  comps or just select ones?
• 29:15
  For the most part, no.
• 29:16
  For the most part, she's all in.
• 29:17
  Yeah.
• 29:19
  that's been for everything
• 29:20
  you know growing up with
• 29:21
  sports and games and stuff
• 29:22
  like that now she's she's
• 29:23
  all in she's still back in
• 29:26
  new hampshire or she oh
• 29:27
  yeah yep okay cool yeah my
• 29:30
  mom is is a a psycho when
• 29:32
  it comes to cheering I was
• 29:34
  a collegiate swimmer okay
• 29:36
  and she she embarrassed me
• 29:38
  sometimes really really bad
• 29:40
  really but luckily I can't
• 29:41
  hear anything so so I
• 29:45
  wouldn't know if I'm being
• 29:45
  embarrassed or not
• 29:47
  Yeah, my mom picks the times where, like,
• 29:50
  right before they hit the starter gun,
• 29:52
  like, and everything's quiet,
• 29:53
  she yells when, like,
• 29:55
  nobody's saying a word.
• 29:57
  And, like, the start will be, like,
• 29:58
  I said quiet for the start, like,
• 30:00
  yelling at her because
• 30:02
  she's picked the wrong time to cheer.
• 30:05
  That's my mom.
• 30:07
  And love her to death.
• 30:08
  Love her to death.
• 30:09
  And she still supports me to this day,
• 30:11
  so it's awesome.
• 30:13
  I feel it.
• 30:13
  Yeah, same on me.
• 30:16
  Well, Chase, it's been a blast, man.
• 30:17
  I want to wish you good luck.
• 30:19
  We're definitely going to be
• 30:21
  in Birmingham this year.
• 30:23
  My co-host qualified for her
• 30:25
  first CrossFit Games,
• 30:26
  so we're going to be covering that.
• 30:29
  I'm hopefully doing some
• 30:30
  behind-the-scenes stuff down there.
• 30:32
  So we'll definitely get to meet in person.
• 30:35
  And then we're going to be
• 30:36
  reaching out to athletes in Carson,
• 30:38
  just getting feedback of
• 30:39
  how the weekend's going.
• 30:41
  We might DM you and hit you
• 30:43
  up that weekend.
• 30:44
  Awesome.
• 30:44
  Looking forward to it.
• 30:45
  Well,
• 30:46
  thank you to everybody in the chat
• 30:47
  for making this a blast.
• 30:48
  Thank you to Chase for being here.
• 30:50
  And we'll see everybody next
• 30:51
  time on the Clydesdale
• 30:53
  Media Podcast where we're
• 30:54
  featuring the athletes of
• 30:56
  the 2024 CrossFit Games Semifinals.
• 30:59
  Bye, guys.