DEKA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: DAY 1 Three days, five races. A tall task on the biggest stage. Given the circumstances of the last three weeks, my emotions were all over the place. I had more bad days than good ones. One thing is for certain, I am going to show up and give it all I have. Back to that whole E.A.T. concept. Effort, attitude, toughness. I wasn't going to bow out knowing I still had a fighting chance. Friday: December 1st, 2023 DEKA FIT Individual - 33:43 - 2nd AG / 11th OA 🥈 Going into this race I felt good. I spent the morning focused on recovery (ice, stim, scraping, massage gun) and fueled properly. My warm up was solid. I'll be abundantly clear, I raced poorly in the first half. Less than ideal execution until I got to the farmers. I closed HARD. Making up a gap of over 20s. I came into the burpees 4 reps behind and came up a rep and a half (6 seconds) short. This one sucked. It became a game of "what if" and "I should have." Extremely bittersweet. I made it though th...