First off let me say how awesome this venue and the people were at this show!!! This is the first time I have truly felt like a professional athlete...free food...good rooms..and just a lot of general amenities provided to us by the mohegan sun and wsmss. I was extremly nervous going into this show as I have never been at this high of a level before so naturally there was a little vomiting before the show hahahahaha!

1: Yoke 400kgx90ft- I was set to go toward the end so I felt pretty good about that...in Pasadena I did the same weight for 80ft in 25 secs so I was nervous that I would get that same crappy time but on this one I set up and SMASHED it and got 16 sec!!!! A 9 sec PR!!! Of course I just about crapped my pants running around the arena screaming! To let you know the level of competition that time was good for like 5-6th place. Marius did the run in 11.9, and Hollands was right behind that.

2: Viking Press- 330?x reps- Not known for my good pressing I seriously thought I might zero this especially since we weren't allowed to jerk...but I went out and got 6 reps...most guys were in the 7-9 range of course M smashed 12.

3: Stones-280-420- I am a really good stone loader so I was very confident in this...WAY to confident...I didn't put any extra tacky on the backside of my hand because to be honest I was very cocky about this...BIG MISTAKE....got to the last stone and had no tacky left and had to leave the 420 (an easy stone for me) on the ground. No one loaded all 6 and my time was good for 3rd (25.6) Marius (25.4) Kevin (25). Next time I'll try not to be that cocky even if it is a good event for me...live and learn. After this event they cut 2 athletes.

4: Car Deadlift (side handles) (750-800?)- Again my style of training in the past hasn't really suited heavy shows...but as of late (2 months) I have been training heavier and started deadlifting again...so I was happy that I went out and pulled 12 (I was shooting for 8) . Seriously Darren Sadler is a FREAK SHOW!!!!!!!! At 250lbs bw this cat pulled 21 friggin reps like he was playing with it! Don't know what my placing was on this but they cut 2 more athletes and I wasn't one of them so again I was happy about that!

5: Hercules Hold- BLAHHHHH! I really need to work on this....23ish secs...most were 24-30. Nuff said.

6: Medley 800lb tirex5flips, 800lb framex50ft- FINALLY something my style of training gets me ready for! Hahahahahahaha! Smoked the tire and being very worried about the frame (couldn't budge the one in CA, and again the whole grip thing) I was extremely suprised/happy when I smashed it as well no drops and moved pretty quickly!

So I ended up taking 7th...wish I had a higher placing but I guess I can't be upset that I PR'ed every event...hahahahahaha...ask anyone that was there you wouldn't have known I was in 7th by the way I was acting I WAS FREAKING HAPPY...I'm the kind of person that loses it when I PR (and apparently when I miss lifts too, see:snatch video) so there wsa a lot of that at this show! I am glad that I have started to train heavier as I believe that these shows (HEAVY AND FAST) are the future of strongman so I hope that I will be better in the near future. Plus now I have to gain some weight....Kevin Nee outweighs me and that is just sad (he has stick legs!) (Just teasing!) So big things should be coming from the DuB soon. I can't say enough about the management/staff team at the Mohegan/WSMSS these people are spot on! Jepser is freaking cool and really seems to respect the athletes and cares what you want, need, etc.... And congrats to all the athletes there...these guys are nothing short of world class and I hope to compete more with them in the future. (Watch out for Jason Bergman, Kevin Nee, and Louis-Phillipe in the future these guys are young and freaky strong) Also never to be outdone Odd was awesome! And thanks to Dione for coming out and showing her support! Thanks for reading

P.S. I'll be honest..I'm not usually this way but I was a little star struck when I was eating dinner and Kaz, Svend, and Joko all sat down at the table! And Terry Hollands is enormous!