Arnold weekend pt3
Friday: Prejudging
Up at 5am, another light night of sleep. Ate up in the morning and at the venue by 8am.
Hung out backstage just talking to some of the other guys. The prejudging was super rushed. We though we had time to get ready but we were called out 1hr after they started the womens! hardly any time to enjoy the pump up area set up for the pros. Just had time to do some pushups and streching outside the stage area. Judges do a quick over view of all the guys in to lineups. Now its time for first call out. My number is called out second in order and you can only imagine my relief! They take out three guys and leave me with the second group so I figure I’m 4-5. Sent back in line. Final call out. They call out the top four which includes me. Feeling pretty good. I make the cut and its on to Saturday.
NOTE: went back to the hotel and played outside with my son. We made the snow man, even if it was a 2ft one, but we made one! Had a little snow ball fight with the wife and kid and it was all good. Even though my snow balls were orange from the coloring.
Saturday Finals.
Where friday was rushed saturday was a drag. We got there at 8:30. We expected to be rushed again but we didn’t hit the stage til probably 12:30. Way to much time on my feet and way to crowded backstage. The pre was done at the Vet and the finals at the Convention center so it was a completly different set up. They re-judged the top 5 on Saturday. Don’t know if me smoothing out cost me a place or not. I’ll find out when I see the score card. i can live with 4th but I’m not satisfied. I need to do better. Not that the judges are wrong just that I need to be better.
Walk the expo a little but i was beat and it was a mess. Went to dinner with some friends on Saturday night and it was all good. Didn’t pig out as I still had to do MT on monday.
