What I do...: April 2010

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Climbing Comp @ Earth Treks

biggest sickest comp ever!!
qualifiers: red point format
i did alright in that, didn't really do anything hard
but i did enough to qualify in 12th into semi's so that's all that mattered!

semi-finals
4 problems - 5 minutes on 5 minutes off
bad ass problems!
semi #1: crimps to a big throw to another crimp to the top (really well set and really fun)
semi #2: MY STYLE!! no joke... good crimps, slopers and pinches! squeezing with the arms and legs! amazing... to bad that i got fell hitting the last hold twice! but what can you do... go to get a little bit stronger!!
semi#3: scary! so scared! it was soo high up! i mantled... it was awesome! then mantled again to the finish hold... i sat at the second to last hold for about 30 seconds cause i was to scared to commit to the last move... i had hurt my leg somehow on the 2nd problem... so i was very hesitant!
semi#4: it had a sweet ass dyno to two big pinches on the sweetest feature i've ever seen! (there were sooo many features on the walls, they were all pretty awesome!) it had a hard cross to a crimp/pinch and then a slopey gaston that had to be locked off to get to the next hold! i wasn't able to lock it off... i tried really hard though...

final #1: sweet problem... i just wasn't strong enough for it... big reach to an alright hold...
final #2: the jump start made me mad... i couldn't do it for a while... i finally got enough jump to stick it... but then it had a left heel hook move (which i haven't fully recovered from my knee injury back in December) i know that i could of at least stuck the next hold and stood up, and attempted to get to the next big blob of a hold...
final #3: i didn't really like it too much... it looked cool, but it just seemed awkward to me... just another thing i have to work on...

after this comp, i have found out what i need to work on...
1) crimps (i knew that one)
2) lock offs
3) dynamic moves to crimps
4) work on my core
5) get on a diet
6) work my flexibility

I'm going to start training on those things!! we will see how the training pays off at the next comp!

Also, thanks to Earth Treks for hosting the comp! Thanks to the hold companies that made this thing possible! Thanks to the setters and the forerunners for making these the hardest yet best problems! Thanks to Pete and Jason for getting this thing together!! And thanks to the competitors that made the trip and the spectators that came to watch!!

Here's a link to the website if you want to find pictures, videos and results of the event!

UBC - RocComp 4/24/2010 - Sneak Peek from NE2C on Vimeo.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Getting psyched!

big climbing comp next weekend!
the earth treks comp!
You will be able to watch it live!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

personal training

i enjoy training others!
it's really fun...
today i trained Spencer and Wil for about an hour and a half

usually on tuesday's and thursday's i train AJ and Luke (two teenagers that are on the TBA Climbing Team)

on friday's i train Anna, Evan, Callie and Derik (four kids on the TBA Climbing Pre-Team)

and recently i have started training Spencer and Wil on monday's and wednesday's and friday's

i'm going to start reading about training and climbing training so that i can get more ideas of what i can do with all these people!

SO PSYCHED!

if anyone else is interested, let me know!

Yoga morning

i started off my day with yoga @ north shore
it was a hour and thirty min power yoga class
i got worked!

Monday, April 12, 2010

School coming to an end...

I have two more days of classes left in this semester!
Then finals!

My summer is going to be very busy after that!
I am taking two summer semesters!

Summer I (May 3rd - June 3rd)
Environmental Science: 8:00am - 9:40am (Mon - Fri)
Economics: 9:50am - 11:30am (Mon - Fri)

Summer II (Jun 20th - Aug 3rd)
Calculus: 1:30pm - 3:15pm (Tue, Thur, Fri)
Calculus Lab: 1:30pm - 3:15pm (Mon, Wed)

Sunday, April 11, 2010

TBA 10 year anniversary

Yesterday night we celebrated TBA's 10th anniversary!!
We kicked it off with a movie premier of CORE (amazing movie)
and then had an amazing after party!!

Before that all happened, Theresa and I went to Coolidge Park the Outdoor Chattanooga Outdoor Expo and Gear Swap. Our table and display board were amazing!! They were both made by Pegged. We were there from 10am to 4pm. Both of us didn't bring sun screen so we got burned! We did enjoy a breakfast and lunch that we bought over at GreenLife earlier in the day!

All in all it was a great day! I will edit this post once i get some pictures from Theresa of our table set up!

Everyone have a great rest of the weekend with this amazing weather!